THE  LIBRARY 

OF 

THE  UNIVERSITY 

OF  CALIFORNIA 

DAVIS 


BULLETIN  No.  56 


UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA 

DAVIS 

FEB     0  1953 
LIBRARY 


PrIatod.Bt  the  State  Prtnttas  OMn,  Sacramenta 
W.  W.  SHANNON.  Superintendent 


.     .     .      iMuedbythe      .     .     . 

CALIFORNIA  STATE 
MINING  BUREAU  .  . 

FERRY  BUILDINC 
San  Francisco,  CaL 

ata  tk  dirtcliin  if 

LEWIS  E.  AUBURY 

State  Mineralosist 


BULLETIN  No.  56. 


Mineral  Productions,  County  Maps 


=AND= 


Mining  Laws  of  California 


ISSUED  BY  THE 

CALIFORNIA  STATE  MINING  BUREAU,  FERRY  BUILDING,  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL. 


LLWI5   L.   AUBURY,    -        -    5tate  Mineralogist 

1909 
LIBRARY 

UNIVERSITY  OF  CAUFORNIA 
DAVIS 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 

Page. 

CALIFORNIA   MINES   AND   MINERALS 3 

CALIFORNIA  STATE  MINING  BUREAU 5-!1 

MINERAL  PRODUCT  OF  CALIFORNIA  FOR  lOOS 10-13 

(lOLD  miODUCT  OF  CALIFORNIA— 1848-1908 H 

BANNER  COUNTIES  OF  DIFFERENT  MINERAL  PRODUCTIONS.  .  .  l-'i 

QUANTITY  AND  VALUE  OF  MINERAL  PRODUCTS— 1908 lt;-21 

ASSESSED  VALUATION,  AREA.  AND  POPULATION 2.j 

COUNTY  MINERAL  PRODITCTS  AND  VALUE— 1908 i2«-3.-) 

MINERAL  PRODIX-TS  BY  COUNTIES ^G-lU 

CORPORATION  AND  MINING  LAWS 0.'-7S 

Corporation  License  Tax  Laws Ui-iO 

Protection  to  Stockholders ' " 

Hours  of  Employment '  ^ 

Sale  of  Mining  Claims '  ^' '  - 

Location  of  Mining  Ci.ai.ms.  Mill  Sites,  etc '--'•' 

Protection  of  Oil  and  Gas  Strata '''"'' 

Unifok.m  System  of  Mine  Bell  Signals '  ''8 

MAPS. 

PUBLICATIONS  OF   BUREAU ''"'''' 


CALIFORNIA  MINES  AND  MINERALS. 

Comijilod  from  Original  Records  of  the  Stute  Mining  BurLiiu. 

THE  mining  interests  of  the  State  of  California  are  so  diversified,  and  the  industry  is  extended  over  so  wide  an  area, 
that  it  is  difficult  to  describe  the  conditions  which  exist  withoixt  using  many  pages  of  printed  matter.  For  this 
reason  it  has  been  considered  proper,  in  this  pamphlet,  to  give  merely  a  record  of  results,  which  will  show  in  plain 
figures  what  is  being  accomplished  by  the  miners  of  the  State.  This  record  shows  that  some  fifty  mineral  substances  are 
being  exploited,  the  annual  valuation  of  which  is  now  $66,363,198,  and  increasing  as  capital  is  invested  and  more  mines  and 
quarries  are  opened.  The  older  mines,  too,  having  been  well  developed  and  equipped,  are  increasing  their  annual  out- 
put, and  thus  aLso  proving  their  permanency  and  value  with  depth.  For  the  past  twenty-two  years  the  total  mineral 
output  of  California  amounts  to  $674,536,640. 

The  climatic  conditions  are  favorable  to  mining  operations  throughout  the  State,  and  means  of  transportation  have 
been  so  improved  as  to  greatly  lessen  costs  of  supplies,  etc.  There  are  abundant  opportunities  for  the  safe  and  profitable 
investment  of  capital  in  the  various  branches  of  the  industry,  as  numerous  claims  wliich  have  been  located  have  never 
been  properly  developed  or  equipped,  their  owners  lacking  the  necessary  means. 

The  State  iliniug  Bureau,  maintained  by  State  aid,  provides  numerous  publications  in  the  form  of  bulletins  or 
reports,  giving  in  detail  tlie  conditions  existing  in  gold,  copper,  quicksilver,  petroleum,  and  all  the  various  branches 
of  mining.  It  also  publishes  nuips  of  tlu-  counties  which  show  the  location  of  all  mines,  roads,  streams,  etc.  The  Bureau 
is  in  charge  of  a  State  :Mineralogist.  who  has  a  corps  of  trained  Field  Assistants,  and  an  office  force  as  well.  There  is  a 
fine  technical  library,  and  a  very  large  museum  showing  specimens  of  all  mineral  products,  suitably  arranged  for  refer- 
ence.    There  is  also  a  well-equipped  la1x)ratory  for  the  determination  of  minerals. 

The  Bureau  iiublishes.  among  other  things,  an  annual  Statistical  Bulletin  showing  by  counties  the  output  and  value 
of  all  substances  mined  or  (|Hari-ied  in  California.  From  tlie  latest  bulletin  of  this  charaetei-,  covering  the  calendar  year 
1908,  figures  and  tables  given  in  this  paiiqihlet  are  taken,  in  the  belief  that  they  will  give  the  best  idea  of  what  the 
mines  of  the  State  are  producing  and  what  the  miners  are  accomplishing. 


FERRY  BUILDING,   SAN  FRANCISCO,   ONE  HALF  THE  UPPER  FLOOR  OF  WHICH    IS    OCCUPIED    BV     I'Hl-; 

STATE    MINING    BUREAU. 
iThis  building  is  constiucteU  of  Colusa  sandstone,   and   the  reoonstrueted  lnwer  is  of  reinforced  concrete.) 


CALIFORNIA  STATE  MINING  BUREAU. 


This  institution  aims  to  be  the  chief  source  of  reliable  information  about  the  mineral  resources  and  mining  indus- 
tries of  California. 

It  is  encouraged  in  its  work  by  the  fact  that  its  publications  have  been  in  such  demand  that  large  editions  are  soon 
exhausted.     In  fact,  copies  of  them  now  command  high  prices  in  the  market. 

The  publications,  as  soon  as  issued,  find  their  way  to  the  scientific,  public,  and  private  libraries  of  all  countries. 

STATE  MINERALOGIST. 

The  California  State  Mining  Bureau  is  under  the  supervision  of  a  State  Mineralogist  and  Board  of  Trustees. 

It  is  supported  by  legislative  appropriations,  and  in  some  degree  performs  work  similar  to  that  of  the  geological 
surveys  of  other  states,  but  its  purposes  and  functions  are  mainly  practical,  the  scientific  work  being  clearly  subordinate 
to  the  economic  phases  of  the  mineral  field,  as  shown  by  the  organic  law  governing  the  Bureau,  which  is  as  follows : 

Sec.  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  State  Mineralogist  to  make,  facilitate,  and  encourage  special  studies  of  the  mineral  resources  and 
mineral  industries  of  the  State.  It  shall  be  his  duty :  To  collect  statistics  concerning  the  occurrence  of  the  economically  important  minerals 
and  the  methods  pursued  in  making  their  Taluable  constituents  available  for  commercial  use:  to  make  a  collection  of  typical  geological  and  min- 
eralogical  specimens,  especially  those  of  economic  or  commercial  importance,  such  collection  constituting  the  Museum  of  the  State  Mining  Bureau : 
to  provide  a  library  of  books,  reports,  drawings,  bearing  upon  the  mineral  industries,  the  sciences  of  mineralogy  and  geology  and  the  arts  of 
mining  and  metallurgy,  such  library  constituting  the  Library  of  the  State  Mining  Bureau;  to  make  a  collection  of  models,  drawings,  and 
descriptions  of  the  mechanical  appliances  used  in  mining  and  metallurgical  processes :  to  preserve  and  so  maintain  such  collections  and  library 
as  to  make  them  available  for  reference  and  examination,  and  open  to  public  in.spection  at  reasonable  hours ;  to  maintain,  in  effect,  a  bureau  of 
information  concerning  the  mineral  industries  of  this  State,  to  consist  of  such  collections  and  library,  and  to  arrange,  classify,  catalogue,  and 
index  the  data  therein  contained,  in  a  manner  to  make  the  information  available  to  those  desiring  it,  and  to  provide  a  custodian  specially 
qualified  to  promote  this  purpose:  to  make  a  biennial  report  to  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Mining  Bureau,  setting  forth  the  important 
results  of  his  work,  and  to  issue  from  time  to  time  such  bulletins  as  he  may  deem  advisable  concerning  the  statistics  and  technology  of  the 
mineral    industries   of   this   State. 


THE  BULLETINS. 

The  tield  covered  by  the  books  issued  under  this  title  is  sliowu  in  tlie  list  of  publications.  Each  bulletin  deals  with 
only  one  phase  of  mining.  Many  of  them  are  elaborately  illustrated  with  engravings  and  maps.  Only  a  nominal  pi-iee  is 
asked,  in  order  that  those  who  need  them  most  may  obtain  a  fopy.     (Sep  list  on  last  page.) 

THE  REGISTERS  OF  MINES. 

The  Registers  of  ^Mines  form  practically  both  a  State  and  a  County  directory  of  the  mines  of  California,  each  county 
being  represented  in  a  separate  pamphlet.  Those  who  wish  to  learn  the  essential  facts  about  any  particular  mine  are 
referred  to  them.  The  facts  and  figures  are  given  in  tabular  form,  and  are  accompanied  bj-  a  topographical  map  of 
the  county  on  a  large  scale,  showing  location  of  each  mineral  deposit,  towns,  railroads,  roads,  power  lines,  ditches,  etc. 

HOME  OF  THE  BUREAU. 

The  [Mining  Bureau  occupie:>  tlie  north  half  of  tlie  third  floor  of  the  Ferry  Building,  in  San  Francisco.  On  the 
same  floor  are  the  rooms  of  the  California  State  Board  of  Trade,  and  an  exhibition  instituted  by  and  maintained  by  the 
Board  of  Trade,  illustrative  of  agriculture,  horticulture,  viticulture,  and  other  industries  of  California.  All  visitors  and 
residents  are  invited  to  inspect  the  ^Museum.  Library,  and  other  rooms  of  the  Bureau  and  gain  a  pereonal  knowledge  of 
its  operations. 

THE  MUSEUM. 

The  Museum  now  contains  over  20,000  .specimens,  carefully  labeled  and  attractively  arranged  in  showcases  in  a  great, 
M-ell-lighted  hall,  where  they  can  be  easily  studied.  The  collection  of  ores  from  California  mines  is  of  course  very  exten- 
sive, and  is  supplemented  by  many  eases  of  characteristic  ores  from  the  principal  mining  districts  of  the  world.  The 
educational  value  of  the  exhibit  is  constantly  increased  by  substituting  the  best  specimens  obtainable  for  those  of  less 
value. 

These  mineral  collections  are  not  only  interesting,  beautiful,  and  in  every  way  attractive  to  the  sightseers  of  all 
classes,  but  are  also  educational.  Tliey  shuw  to  manufacturers,  miners,  capitalists,  and  others  the  character  and  quality  of 


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the  economic  minerals  of  the  State,  and  where  they  are  found.  Plans  have  been  formulated  to  extend  the  usefulness  of 
the  exhibit  by  special  collections,  such  as  one  showing  the  chemical  composition  of  minerals;  another  showing  the  min- 
eralogical  composition  of  the  sedimentary,  metamorphic,  and  igneous  rocks  of  the  State;  the  petroleum-bearing  forma- 
tions, ore  bodies,  and  their  country  rocks,  etc. 

Besides  the  mineral  specimens,  there  are  many  models,  maps,  photographs,  and  diagrams  illustrating  the  modern 
practice  of  mining,  milling,  and  concentrating,  and  the  technolog.v  of  the  mineral  industries.  An  educational  series  of 
specimens  for  high  schools  has  been  inaugurated,  and  new  plans  are  being  formulated  that  will  make  the  Museum  even 
more  useful  in  the  future  than  in  the  past.  Its  popularity  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  over  120.000  visitors  registered  last 
year,  while  many  failed  to  leave  any  record  of  their  visit. 

THE  LIBRARY. 

This  is  the  mining  reference  library  of  the  State,  constantly  consulted  by  mining  men,  and  contains  about  5,000 
volumes  of  selected  works,  in  addition  to  the  numerous  publications  of  the  Bureau  itself.  On  its  shelves  will  be  found 
reports  on  geology,  mineralogy,  mining,  etc.,  published  by  states,  governments,  and  individuals ;  the  reports  of  scientific 
societies  at  home  and  abroad;  encycloptedias,  scientific  papers,  and  magazines;  mining  publications,  and  the  current 
literature  of  mining  ever  needed  in  a  reference  library. 

Manufacturers'  catalogues  of  mining  and  milling  machinery  by  California  firms  are  kept  on  file.  The  Registers  of 
Mines  form  an  up-to-date  directory  for  investor  and  manufacturer. 

The  Librarian's  desk  is  the  general  bureau  of  information,  where  visitors  from  all  parts  of  the  world  are  ever  seeking 
information  about  all  parts  of  California. 

READING-ROOM. 

This  is  a  part  of  the  Library  Department  and  is  supplied  with  over  one  hundred  current  publications.  Visitors  will 
find  here  various  California  papers  and  leading  mining  journals  from  all  over  the  world. 

The  Library  and  Reading-Room  are  open  to  the  public  from  9  a.  m.  to  5  p.  m.  daily,  except  Sundays  and  holidays. 


THE  LABORATORY. 

This  department  identities  for  tlie  prospector  the  minerals  he  finds,  and  tells  him  the  nature  of  the  wall  rocks  or  dikes 
he  may  encounter  in  his  workings :  but  this  department  does  not  do  assaying  nor  compete  with  private  assayers.  The 
presence  of  minerals  is  determined,  but  uot  the  percentage  present.  No  charges  for  this  service  are  made  to  any  resident 
of  the  State.  Many  of  the  inquiries  made  of  this  department  have  brought  capital  to  the  development  of  new  districts. 
Many  technical  questions  have  been  asked  and  answered  as  to  the  best  chemical  and  mechanical  processes  of  handling  ores 
and  raw  material.     The  laboratory  is  well  equipped. 

THE  DRAUGHTING-ROOM. 

In  this  room  are  prepared  scores  of  maps,  from  the  small  ones  filling  only  a  part  of  a  page,  to  the  largest  County  and 
State  maps ;  and  the  numerous  illustrations,  other  than  photographs,  that  are  constantly  being  required  for  the  Bulletins 
and  Registers  of  Mines.  In  this  room,  also,  will  be  found  a  very  complete  collection  of  maps  of  all  kinds  relating  to  the 
industries  of  the  State,  and  one  of  the  important  duties  of  the  department  is  to  make  such  additions  and  corrections  as 
will  keep  the  maps  up  to  date.  The  seeker  after  information  inquires  here  if  he  wishes  to  know  about  the  geology  or 
topography  of  any  district;  about  the  locations  of  the  new  camps,  or  positions  of  old  or  abandoned  ones;  about  railroads, 
stage  roads,  and  trails;  or  about  the  working  drawings  of  anj'thiug  connected  with  mining. 

MINERAL  STATISTICS. 

One  of  the  features  of  this  institution  is  its  mineral  statistics.  Their  annual  compilation  by  the  State  Mining  Bureau 
began  in  1894.  No  other  state  in  the  Union  attempts  so  elaborate  a  record,  expentls  so  much  labor  and  money  on  its 
compilation,  or  secures  so  accurate  a  one. 

The  State  Mining  Bureau  keeps  a  careful,  up-to-date,  and  reliable  but  confidential  register  of  every  producing  mine, 
mine-owner,  and  mineral  industry  in  the  State.  From  such  are  secured,  under  pledge  of  secrecy,  reports  of  output,  etc., 
and  all  other  available  sources  of  information  are  used  in  checking,  verifying,  and  supplementing  the  information  so 
gained.  This  information  is  published  in  an  annual  tabulated,  statistical,  single-sheet  bulletin,  showing  the  mineral 
production  by  both  substances  and  counties. 

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TOTAL  MINERAL  PRODUCT  OF  CALIFORNIA  FOR  1908. 

The  following  table  shows  the  yield  of  mineral  substances  of  California  for  1908,  as  per 
State  Mining  Bureau,  San  Francisco,  in  answer  to  inquiries  sent  to  producers : 


returns  received  at  the 


Asbestos 

Asphalt 

Bituminous  Rock  .... 

Borax ii. 

Cement   1, 

Chrome  

Clav  (Brick)   

Clay  (Pottery)   

Coal 

Copper 40, 

Fuller's  Enrth 

Gems 

Gold* 

Granite   

(iypsum   

Infusorial  Eartli  

Lead 

Lime 

Limestone  

^Macadam  2, 

^lagnesite  

Manganese 


70 

105.413 

30,718 

400.000 

629,615 

350 

332,872 

208,042 

18,496 

868,772 

50 


483,374 

34,600 

2.950 

562 

396,386 

273.890 

939,901 

10.582 

321 


tons 

tons 

tons 

lbs. 

bbls. 

tons 

ar 

tons 
tons 
lbs. 
tons 


cu.  ft. 

ton.s 

tons 

tons 

bbls. 

tons 

tons 

tons 

tons 


Valtje. 

$6,100 

1.082,376 

109.818 

117,000 

2,359,692 

6,195 

2,506,495 

325,147 

55,503 

5,350,777 

1,000 

208,950 

18,761,559 

512,923 

155,400 

32,012 

46,663 

379,243 

297,264 

2.446,768 

80.822 

5,785 


QuANTiTT.  Value. 

Marble 18,653  cu.  ft.  .$47,665 

Mineral  Paint 335  tons  2.250 

Mineral  Water 2,789,715  gals.  560..507 

Natural  Gas 842,883  jM  cu.  ft.       474.584 

Paving  Blocks 7.660  if  334,780 

Petroleum    48,306.910  libls.         26.566,181 

Platinum*   706  oun<-es  13,414 

Pvrites 107,081  tons  610.335 

Quartz  Crystals 4.000  lbs.  10,000 

Quicksilver    18.039  flasks  763,520 

Rubble   1,059,044  tons  795.006 

Salt 121,764  tons  281.469 

Sand  (Glass)   9,255  tons  22,045 

Sandstone 93.301  cu.  ft.  55,151 

Silver*  (com  '1  valiir  ) 873,057 

Slate 6,000  squares  50,000 

Soda 9,600  tons  14,400 

Soapstone   3  tons  48 

Tungsten 37,750 

Zinc 3,544 

Total .$66,363,198 


iipplied  )>y  U.  S.  Geological  Siirve.v. 


(10) 


lu  iyU7  the  total  prodiu-t  was  valued  at  $55,697,949.    The  iucreaso  for  19U8  i>i  .i;lU.(;G5,24:9. 

The  most  noteworthy  increases  for  1908  are  in  petroleum,  gold,  bituminous  roek.  macadani.  and  potterx-  ela\s. 

The  total  value  of  the  metallic  substances  (including  precious  metals) ,  for  1908.  was  $26,-466,814.  which  includes 
gold,  silver,  pyrites,  quicksilver,  copper,  lead,  tungsten.  ]datinum.  zinc,  and  chi-omc.  The  silver  is  given  in  commercial 
value,  or  amount  received  for  it  by  the  producers. 

The  total  value  of  non-metallic  substances  was  $1,5:31.198.  The.se  substances  include  borax,  coal,  mineral  waters, 
salt,  infusorial  eai-th.  gypsum,  magnesite,  manganese,  mineral  paint,  fuller's  earth,  soda,  tourmaline,  chry.soprase  and 
other  gems. 

The  total  value  of  the  hydrocarbons  and  gase.s  was  $28,232,959,  an  increase  of  $10,203,022.  The  hydrocarbons  and 
gases  include  asphalt,  bituminous  rock,  natural  gas,  and  petroleum.  The  petroleum  price  is  the  average  f.o.b.  at  wells 
or  stations  in  each  county.  The  number  of  barrels  of  oil  jiroduced  was  48,306,910,  valued  at  $26,566,181,  as  against 
40,311.171  barrels  in  1907,  valued  at  $16,783,943.     The  increase  in  asphalt  was  large  for  the  year. 

The  total  value  of  structural  materials  was  $10,132,179,  a  decrease  from  1907.  These  materials  include  brick  and 
pottery  clays,  Portland  cement,  lime  and  limestone,  macadam,  rubble  and  concrete  rock,  paving  blocks,  marble,  granite, 
sandstone,  serpentine,  slate  and  glass-sand. 

The  relative  vahies  of  the  principal  minerals  of  the  State  are  as  follows:  First,  petroleinn:  second,  gold;  third, 
copper ;  fourth,  clays  and  their  products ;  fifth,  macadam :  sixth,  cement ;  seventh,  asphaltum. 

All  the  asbestos  produced  in  California  in  1908  was  from  Amador.  Placer,  and  Riverside  counties. 

Asphaltum  was  produced  in  the  counties  of  Kern.  Los  Angeles.  Santa  Barbara.  Alameda.  Contra  Costa,  and  San 
Francisco.     It  was  almost  entirely  derived  from  the  refiniiig  of  petroleum. 

Bituminous  rock  was  quarried  in  San  Luis  Obispo,  San  Benito,  and  Santa  Cruz  counties. 

Borax  was  produced  in  Inyo  and  Ventura  counties. 

Brick  clays  were  utilized  in  the  counties  of  Alameda,  Contra  Costa.  Fresno.  Humboldt.  Imperial,  Kern.  Kings,  Los 
Angeles.  Marin,  Madera,  J\Iendocino.  Merced.  Orange.  Riverside.  Sacramento.  San  Bernardino.  San  Diego.  San  Francisco. 
San  Joaquin,  San  Luis  Obispo,  San  Mateo.  Santa  Barbara.  Santa  Clara.  Shasta.  Solano.  Sonoma.  Tehama.  Tulare. 
Amador.  Monterev.  Placer.  Stanislaus.  Yuba,  and  Ventura. 


Clay  i'or  pottery  caiuc  i'roui  Alameda.  Amador,  (Calaveras.  Lux  Augeles,  Placer.  Hiverside,  Centra  Costa,  Fi'esuo. 
Orange,  Santa  Cruz,  San  Joaquin,  Solano,  and  Ventura 

Chrome  Mas  mined  in  Shasta  and  Alameda  counties. 

Coal  was  produced  in  Amador,  Contra  Costa,  Riverside,  and  Monterey  counties. 

Copper  was  produced  in  the  counties  of  Amador,  Calaveras,  El  Dorado,  Inyo,  Madera,  Nevada,  Placer,  Riverside, 
San  Bernardino,  Siskiyou,  Lassen,  ^Mariposa,  Imperial,  Merced,  Del  Norte,  Orange,  and  Shasta. 

All  the  fuller's  earth  came  from  Kings  Couutj'. 

Glass-sand  was  produced  in  Alameda,  Los  Angeles,  and  Monterey  counties. 

Gold  was  mined  in  thirty-one  counties. 

Granite  was  quarried  for  building  purposes,  etc.,  in  the  counties  of  Madera,  Nevada,  Placer,  Riverside,  Sacramento, 
San  Bernardino,  San  Diego,  Fresno,  Hiunboldt,  Sonoma,  and  Santa  Cruz. 

Gypsum  was  derived  from  Kern,  Kings,  Monterey,  San  Bernardino,  and  Los  Angeles  counties. 

Lead  from  Inyo.  Orange,  Madera,  Mariposa.  San  Diego.  Siskiyou,  Riverside,  and  San  Bernardino  counties. 

Infusorial  earth  came  from  Santa  Barbara  County. 

Lime  was  quarried  and  burned  in  the  counties  of  Amador,  El  Dorado.  Kern,  Montei-ey,  Placer,  Riverside,  Siskiyou, 
Santa  Clara,  Santa  Cruz.  Sha.sta,  and  Tuolumne. 

Limestone  was  quarried  for  beet  sugar  factories,  fluxes,  paving,  etc.,  in  Amador,  Contra  Costa.  Calaveras,  San 
Bernardino,  Santa  Barbara,  Santa  Clara,  Santa  Cruz,  Shasta.  Riverside.  San  Mateo,  and  Tuolumne. 

Marble  was  quarried  in  San  Bernai-dino  and  Tuolumne  counties. 

Macadam  quarries  were  operated  and  sand  and  gravel  deposits  worked  in  the  counties  of  Alameda,  Colusa,  Contra 
Costa,  Los  Augeles.  Riverside,  Sacramento,  San  Benito,  San  Bernardino,  San  Francisco,  San  Mateo,  Santa  Cruz,  Solano, 
Butte,  El  Dorado,  Humboldt,  Lake,  Mariposa.  Monterey,  Napa,  Nevada,  Orange,  Sutter,  Shasta,  Santa  Clara,  San  Diego, 
Ventura,  Yuba,  and  Sonoma. 

Mineral  paint  came  from  Stanislaus  and  Calaveras  counties. 

Manganese  came  from  Plumas,  Alameda,  and  San  Joaquin  counties. 

Magnesite  was  mined  in  Alameda.  Riverside,  Sonoma,  and  Tulare  counties. 


Mineral  waters  wei'e  bottled  and  sold  from  springs  in  the  counties  of  Butte,  Colusa,  Lake,  Los  Angeles,  Jlendocino, 
Napa,  San  Benito,  Santa  Barbara,  Santa  Clara,  San  Luis  Obispo,  San  Diego,  Shasta,  Siskiyou,  Solano,  Sonoma,  Tehama, 
Contra  Costa,  Marin,  and  Mono. 

Natural  gas  was  conunercially  utilized  in  Sacramento,  San  Joaquin,  Santa  Barbara,  Solano,  and  Ventura  counties. 

Paving  blocks  were  quarried  and  made  in  Riverside,  San  Bernardino,  Solano,  El  Dorado,  and  Sonoma  counties. 

Petroleum  Mas  derived  from  the  counties  of  Fresno,  Kern,  Los  Angeles,  Orange,  Santa  Barbara,  Santa  Clara,  San 
Luis  Obispo,  and  Ventura. 

Silver  was  produced  in  thirtj'-one  counties. 

Platinum  was  found  in  the  following  counties :  Butte,  Humboldt,  Siskiyou,  Trinity,  Calaveras,  Sacramento,  and 
Del  Norte. 

Alameda  and  Shasta  counties  furnished  all  the  output  of  pyrites. 

Quicksilver  Mas  produced  in  Colusa,  Lake,  Napa,  San  Benito,  San  Luis  Obispo.  Santa  Clara,  Solano,  Monterey, 
Sonoma,  and  Trinitj'  counties. 

Rubble  Mas  quarried  in  the  counties  of  Los  Angeles,  ilarin,  Napa.  Placer,  Riverside,  San  Bernardino,  San  Diego, 
Santa  Barbara.  Solano,  San  Francisco,  Contra  Costa.  Mariposa,  Nevada,  IMadera,  San  Luis  Obispo,  Stanislaus,  Sonoma, 
Ventura,  and  Sacramento. 

Salt  came  from  Alameda,  Colusa,  Los  Angeles,  San  Diego,  Solano,  Tehama,  San  Bernardino,  and  San  Mateo. 

Sandstone  Mas  quarried  in  Colusa,  Los  Angeles,  Santa  Barbara.  Yolo,  and  Siskiyou  counties. 

Slate  came  from  El  Dorado  County. 

The  gems  (including  hyacinth,  beryl,  benitoite,  topaz,  kuuzite,  tourmaline  and  chrysoprase)  came  from  the  counties 
of  Los  Angeles.  San  Benito.  San  Bernardino.  San  Diego,  and  Tulare. 


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TOTAL  GOLD  PRODUCT  OF  CALIFORNIA— 1848-1908. 

AYhile  gold  is  next  to  the  leading  luiuiDg  product,  its  yield  uo  longer  puts  the  greatest  gold-producing  couuty  in  the 
first  place.  The  copper  of  Shasta  County,  together  with  its  other  mineral  products,  gives  it  the  leading  place  as  a 
mineral-producing  county.  Gold  is  more  widely  distributed  than  any  other  substance  thus  far  mined  in  California, 
thirty -one  counties  out  of  the  fifty-eight  in  the  State  showing  a  gold  yield  in  1908.  and  it  is  known  to  exist  in  several 
others. 

The  following  talilc  shows  the  total  gold  yield  of  California,  by  years,  from  Ihe  time  mining  commenced  in  18-18  to 
1908,  inclusive:* 


1848 $245,301 

1849 10,151,360 

1850 41,273,106 

1851 75,938,232 

1852 81,294,700 

1853 67,613,487 

1854 69,433,931 

1855 55,485,395 

1856 57,509,411 

1857 43,628,172 

1858 46,591,140 

1859 45,846,599 

1860 44,095,163 

1861 41,884,995 

1862 38,854,668 

1863 23,501,736 


1864 $24,071,423 

1865 17.930,858 

1866 17,123,867 

1867 18,265.452 

1868 17,555,867 

1869 18,229,044 

1870 17,458,133 

1871 17,477,885 

1872 15,482,194 

1873 15.019,210 

1874 17.264,836 

1875 16.876,009 

1876 15,610,723 

1877 16,501,268 

1878 18,839,141 

1879 •. .  19,626,654 


1880 $20,030,761 

1881 19,223,155 

1882 17,146,416 

1883 24.316,873 

1884 13,600,000 

1885 12.661,044 

1886 14,716.506 

1887 13,588,614 

1888 12,750,000 

1889 11,212,913 

1890 12,309,793 

1891 12,728,869 

1892 12,571,900 

1893 12,422,811 

1894 13,923,281 

1895 15,334,317 


1896 $17,181,562 

1897 15,871,401 

1898 15.906,478 

1899 15,336,031 

1900 15,863,355 

1901 16,989,044 

1902 16,910,320 

1903 16,471,264 

1904 19,109,600 

1905 19,197,043 

1906 18,732.452 

1907 16.727,928 

1908 18,761,559 


Total,..  $1,488,275,250 


for  nine.   in07,  and  1008  by  V.   S.   Geologic.-il   Snrv< 


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BANNER  COUNTIES  IN  DIFFERENT  MINERAL  PRODUCTS— 1908. 

As  far  as  the  "bauuer""  i-diirities  in  IIm.'  ilitt'c'i-cut  mineral  i)r(M]u('ts  arc  (•(Jiic-ia-iu'd.  Ilie  fuUnwing  is  tliu  record  for  1908. 
with  the  value  of  the  material  in  wliiuh  the  eouuty  leads.  It  should  be  explained,  however,  that  certain  substances  are 
put  under  the  heading  of  "uuapportioned."  which  includes  product  of  single  mines,  etc.,  in  counties  to  conceal  their 
identity.  For  this  reason  it  is  necessary  to  put  under  this  heading  borax,  coal,  Portland  cement,  some  gold  and  silver, 
and  a  few  other  substances  formerly  credited  to  certain  counties.  This  causes  an  apparent,  but  not  real,  falling  oi?  in 
output  of  counties  where  "uuapportioned"  substances  occur.  If  credited  to  the  exact  county  where  there  is  only  a 
single  operator,  private  business  would  be  made  public.  Under  these  circumstances,  the  figures  of  output  of  value  in 
some  counties  do  not  actually  represent  their  relative  rank  in  1908,  as  some  of  the  products  may  be  placed  under 
" unapportioned. "  Moreover,  .some  counties  lead  in  output  of  some  substances  placed  in  the  "uuapportioned"  column, 
and  these  substances  do  nut,  therefore,  appear  after  the  name  of  the  county,  thus  reducing  the  county  total. 

Alameda  Coimty  leads  in  manganese  ($4,680)  and  salt  ($108,694);  Butte  in  gold  ($3,139,398);  Colusa  in 
sandstone  (.$43,971);  El  Dorado  in  slate  ($50,000);  Inyo  in  lead  ($28,244),  soda,  and  borax;  Kern  in  petroleum 
($9,388,935),  asphalt  ($475,000),  and  tungsten;  Lake  in  mineral  waters  ($118,300)  ;  Los  Angeles  in  brick  ($800,163), 
gypsum  ($75,000),  macadam  ($542,078),  and  glass-sand  ($16,000)  ;  Placer  in  asbestos  ($5,000)  and  granite  ($157,992)  ; 
Riverside  in  pottery  clays  ($89,752)  ;  San  Benito  in  quicksilver  (.$405,792)  ;  San  Diego  in  gems  ($121,500)  ;  Monterey  in 
coal ;  Santa  Cruz  in  bituminous  rock  ($85,123)  and  lime  ($119,996);  Santa  Barbara  in  infusorial  earth  ($32,012)  and 
natural  gas  ($357,806) ;  Sha.sta  in  copper  (.$4,642,976),  in  chrome  (.$5,600).  pyrites  (.$539.5.53).  and  silver  (.$517,596); 
Sonoma  in  paving  blocks  ($228,630)  ;  Stani.slaas  in  mineral  paint  ($2,000)  ;  Tuolumne  in  marble  (.$47,165)  ;  Tulare  County 
leads  in  magnesite  ($52,642)  ;  Solano  County  in  cement;  Kings  County  in  fuller's  earth;  San  Bernardino  County  in  lime- 
stone ($97,466)  ;  Calaveras  Coiuity  in  quartz  crystals;  Contra  Costa  County  in  rubble  ($210,000).  The  "unapportioned" 
list  includes  borax,  cement,  coal,  tungsten,  and  some  gold,  silver,  copper,  lead,  glass-sand,  and  zinc. 

To  show  the  wide  distribution  of  mineral  substances  in  California,  an  analysis  of  the  .statistics  for  1908  proves 
that  gold  was  prodiiced  in  31  counties;  asphalt  in  7;  chrome  in  2;  brick  claj's  in  34;  pottery  clays  in  13;  copper  in  17; 
gems  in  5;  granite  in  11;  macadam  in  28;  mineral  waters  in  19;  natural  gas  in  5;  paving  blocks  in  5;  petroleum  in  8; 
quicksilver  in  10;  rubble  in  19;  salt  in  8;  sandstone  in  5,  and  silver  in  31.  In  certain  instances  other  sul«tances  are 
mined  or  quarried  in  only  one  county.  (l-il 


QUANTITY  AND  VALUE  OF  MINERAL  PRODUCTS  OF  CALIFORNIA— 1908. 


ASBESTOS.  Quantity.  A'alue. 

Amador  County 10  tons  $1,000 

Placer  County" 50  tons  5,000 

Riverside  County  ....  10  tons  1,000 

Totals 70  tons  $7,000 

ASPHALT. 

Alameda  County   11,943  tons  $143,376 

Contra  Costa  County.  9,500  tons  123,500 

Fresno  County 500  tons  5,500 

Kern  County 50,000  tons  475,000 

Los  Angeles  County.  .  25,000  tons  250,000 

San  Francisco  Co 1,500  tons  15,000 

Santa  Barbara  Co. . . .  7,000  tons  70,000 

Totals 105,443  tons  $1,082,376 

BITUMINOUS   ROCK. 

San  Benito  Co 600  tons  $2,820 

San  Luis  Obispo  Co. . .  5,077  tons  21,875 

Santa  Cruz  County. .  .  25,041  tons  85,123 

Totals 30,718  tons  $109,818 

BORAX. 

Unapportioned   22,200  tons  $117,000 

CEMENT. 

Unapportioned   1,629,615  bbls.  $2,359,692 


CHROME. 

Alameda  County 
Shasta  Countv  . 


Quantity. 

70  tons 
280  tons 


Totals. 


CLAYS— BRICK. 

(Includes  Common,  Pressed 

Alameda  County 
Amador  County .. 
Contra  Costa  County 
Fresno  County  .... 
Humboldt  County  . 
Imperial  Coiinty   . . 

Kern  County   

Kings  County 

Los  Angeles  County 
Madera  County  .... 

Marin  County  

Mendocino  County  . 
Merced  County  .... 
Monterey  County  . . 
Orange  County  .... 

Placer  County  

Riverside  County  . . 
Sacramento  County 
San  Bernardino  Co. 
San  Diego  County.. 


350  tons 


ind   Fire.) 

1,800  M 

2,109  M 

55,844  M 

13,220  M 

760  M 

2,225  M 

2,080  M 

3,000  M 

108,414  M 

250  M 

10,000  M 

260  M 

700  M 

426  M 

4,050  M 

1,300  M 

4,803  M 

7,936  M 

1,050  M 

2,112  M 


Valub. 
$595 
5,600 

$6,195 


$10,800 

61,600 

335,737 

106,960 

8,585 

22,250 

19,552 

24,000 

800,163 

2,250 

50,000 

2,600 

6,300 

3,838 

20,450 

46,800 

74,086 

63,491 

7,350 

16,719 


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QUANTITY  AND  VALUE  OF  MINERAL  PRODUCTS  OF  CALIFORNIA— 1908. 


CLAYS— BRICK— Continued. 

San  Francisco  Co. .  .  . 
.San  Joaqiiiu  County. 
San  LuisObispo  Co. . 
San  Mateo  County... 

Santa  Barbara  Co 

Santa  Clara  County. 

Shasta  County 

Solano  County 

Sonoma  County  .... 
Stanislaus  County  .  . 
Tehama  County   .... 

Tulare  County   

Ventura  County  .... 
Yuba  Countv 


Quantity. 

41.837  M 

28,-112  M 

1,440  M 

4.494  M 

750  M 

15,000  M 

2,000  M 

1,000  M 

11,000  M 

r50  M 

400  M 

2,250  M 

200  M 

1,000  i\r 


Totals 332,872  M 


CLAYS— POTTERY. 

Alameda  County 
Amador  County  . 
Calaveras  County 
Contra  Costa  Countv 
Fresno  County  .... 
Los  Angeles  Countj* 
Orange  County  .... 
Placer  County  .... 
Riverside  County  . . 

2 — BuL.  50 


16,370 

23,322 

25 

6,000 

9,000 

25,934 

9,000 

13,000 

71,231 


tons 
tons 
tons 
tons 
tons 
tons 
tons 
tons 
tons 


Value. 

.'^345,155 

189.560 

12,900 

63,231 

7.500 
63,618 
12,000 

7,000 
83,000 

7.000 

3,000 
18,000 

1,500 
10,000 

$2,506,495 


$44,822 
25,369 
250 
7.500 
26,000 
55,274 
18,600 
11,500 
89,752 


CLAYS— POTTERY— Continued.        Qu.iXTiTr. 

Sonoma  County 2.600  tons 

San  Joaquin  County.  .  2,600  tons 

Santa  Cruz  County'. .  .  28,400  tons 

Ventura  County 560  tons 

Totals 208,042  tons 

COAL. 

T^napportioned   18,496  tons 

COPPER. 

Amador  County 53.940  lbs. 

Calaveras  County   . .  .  4,804,446  lbs. 

Del  Norte  County 74,787  lbs. 

El  Dorado  County.  .  .  603  lbs. 

Imperial  County    374  lbs. 

Inyo  County 6,820  lbs. 

Madera  County   113,293  lbs. 

^lariposa  County 29,124  lbs. 

^Merced  County 694  lbs. 

Nevada  County    30,166  lbs. 

Riverside  County 22,665  lbs. 

San  Bernardino*  Co. .  .  516.940  lbs. 

Shasta  County   34.878,677  lbs. 

Unapportioned    ■.  336,243  lbs. 

Totals 40.868,772  lbs. 


Value. 

$3,000 

13.000 

2S, 4(1(1 

1,680 

$325,147 


$55,503 


$3,440 

555,704 

9,984 

83 

51 

938 

15,454 

2,958 

70 

4,104 

2.816 

71,079 

4.642,976 

41,120 

^5,350,777 


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OUANTITY  AND  VALUE  OF  MINERAL  PRODUCTS  OF  CALIFORNIA— 1908. 


FULLERS    EARTH.                                Quantity.  Value. 

Kings  County 50  ton.s  .1;1,000 

GEMS. 

Los  Angeles  County  $8,500 

San  Benito  County 16,500 

San  Bernardino  County 200 

San  Diego  County  . . . ". 121,500 

Tulare  County 62,250 

Total $208,950 

GLASS-SAND. 

Alameda  County   ....              250  tons  $625 

Los  Angeles  County.  .          2,000  tons  16,000 

Monterey  County 6,805  tons  5,120 

Unapportioned   200  tons  300 

Totals 9,255  tons  $22,045 

GOLD. 

Amador  County $1,876,174 

Butte  County 3,139,398 

Calaveras  County 1,378,511 

Colusa  County  578 

Del  Norte  County   3,488 

El  Dorado  County 342,033 

Fresno  County 1,054 

Humboldt  County 33,066 


GOLD — Continued. 


Imperial  County   .  $5,848 

Inyo  County  . ." > .  .      '.308373 


Kern  County 
Lassen  County  . . 
IMadera  County  . 
Mariposa  County 
Merced  County* 
Mono  County  . . . 
IMonterey  County 


.827,087 

7,284 

45,107 

439,862 

182,970 

413,946 

1,318 


Nevada  County  2,297,963 


Placer  County 

Plumas  County  

Riverside  County 

Sacramento  County 

San  Bernardino  County 

San  Diego  County 

Shasta  County 

Sierra  County  

Siskiyou  County  

Stanislaus  County*  :  jL':  ■ 

Trinity  County  ".■'.■iO  J. '' 

Tuolumne  Coiintv .etaw'J  in798,752 

Yuba  County  J!/.-/,'  t2,£)34,486 

Total. 


358,096 

254,737 

.      5,884 

1,166,055 

180,511 

6,920 

1,131,832 

412,626 

504,156 

.   .602,944 


*  U.   S.   Geological  Survey  places  gold  for  StaiHsIaiis  nitthJ^at 
for  Merced  County.  :,  ,-.   t    ,-!    :-!i  •.■,-;' 


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QUANTITY  AND  VALUE  OF  MINERAL  PRODUCTS  OF  CALIFORNIA— 1908. 

GRANITE. 

QUANTITi-. 

Value. 

LEAD. 

Quantity. 

Value. 

Fresno  County 

16,900  eu.  ft. 

$16,900 

Aniador  County 

1,072  lbs. 

$40 

Humboldt  County  . . 

1,280  eu.  ft. 

1,280 

Inj'O  County 

683,401  Iks. 

28,244 

Madera  County   

.      140,086  cu.  ft. 

123,668 

Madera  County   

2,279  lbs. 

84 

Nevada  County   .... 

700  cu.  ft. 

2,100 

Merced  County 

965  lbs. 

36 

Placer  County   

.      109,293  cu.  ft. 

157,992 

Nevada  County  

663  lbs. 

25 

Riverside  County   ... 

.      156,100  cu.  ft. 

151,901 

Orange  County   

14,445  lbs. 

534 

Sacramento  County  . 

44,151  cu.  ft. 

44,151 

San  Bernardino  Co. .  . 

409,570  lbs. 

17,218 

San  Bernardino  Co.. 

4,848  cu.  ft. 

4,029 

Siskiyou  County 

4,949  lbs. 

183 

San  Diego  County. . 

9,000  cu.  ft. 

10,000 

Unapportioned  

7,139  lbs. 

299 

Sonoma  County 

566  cu.  ft. 

566 

Santa  Cruz  County. . 
Totals ■ 

450  cu.  ft. 

336 

Totals 

LIME. 

1,124,483  lbs. 

$46,663 

.      483,374  cu.  ft. 

$512,923 

Amador  County  .... 

800  bbls. 

$960 

GYPSUM. 

Bl  Dorado  County... 

15,921  bbls. 

20,192 

Kern  County   

500  tons 

$2,000 

Kern  County    

116,717  bbls. 

87,788 

Kings  County 

100  tons 

400 

Monterey  County  .  . . 

50,000  bbls. 

50,000 

Los  Angeles  County. 

12,000  tons 

75,000 

Placer  County   

1,727  bbls. 

1,710 

Montei'ey  County  . . . 

2,000  tons 

8,000 

Riverside  County  .  . . 

8.300  bbls. 

8,300 

San  Bernardino  Co.. 

20,000  tous 

70,000 

Santa  Clara  County. 

10,017  bbls. 

10,017 

Santa  Cruz  County. . 

Shasta  County  

Siskiyou  County  .... 

119,996  bbls. 

11,818  bbls. 

1,090  bbls. 

119,996 
9,100 
1,680 

Totals 

34,600  tons 

$155,400 

Tuolumne  County  . . 

60,000  bbls. 

69,500 

INFUSORIAL   EARTH. 

Santa  Barbara  Co. . . 

2,950  tons 

$32,012 

Totals 

396,386  bbls. 

$379,243 

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QUANTITY  AND  VALUE 

OF  MINERAL  PRODUCTS  OF  CALIFORNIA— 1908. 

LIMESTONE. 

Quantity. 

Value. 

MACADAM— Continued. 

Quantity. 

Value. 

Amador  County  .... 

1,000  tons 

$1,375 

Orange  County 

16,055  tons 

$3,005 

Calaveras  County  ... 

14,165  tons 

31,446 

Riverside  County  . . . 

.      347,517  tons 

25,625 

Contra  Co.sta  County 

9,140  tons 

18,282 

Sacramento  County  . 

.      211,622  tons 

147,649 

Riverside  County  . . . 

8,000  tons 

8,000 

San  Benito  County . . 

.       116,000  tons 

60,400 

San  Mateo  County... 

37,687  tons 

17,451 

San  Bernardino  Co.. 

.      191,445  tons 

176,696 

San  Bernardino  Co.. 

104,236  tons 

97,466 

San  Diego  Count}- . . . 

29,020  tons 

34,583 

Santa  Barbara  County 

16,580  tons 

33,160 

San  Francisco  Co. . .  . 

53,763  tons 

41,111 

Santa  Clara  County. 

671  tons 

1,417 

San  Mateo  County . . 

92,264  tons 

89,142 

Santa  Cruz  County . . 

1,178  ons 

2,167 

Santa  Cruz  Couut.v. . 

18,284  tons 

19,736 

Shasta  Countv   

80,000  tons 

80,000 

Solauo  County 

.      232,791  tons 

518,883 

Tuolumne  County   .  . 

1,233  tons 

6,500 

Sonoma  County   .  . . . 

63,380  tons 

57,919 

Sutter  County  

5,000  tons 

5,000 

Totals    

273,890  tons 

$297,264 

Santa  Clara  County. 

51,996  tons 

45,142 

Shasta  County  

10,000  tons 

25,000 

MACADAM. 

Ventura  County  . .  .  . 

17,500  tons 

6,400 

Alameda  County  . . . 

483,492  tons 

$465,653 

Yuba  County 

17,000  tons 

5,750 

Butte  Countv 

18,176  tons 

7,916 

Colusa  County   

Contra  Costa  County 

1,000  tons 
43,853  tens 

850 
26,047 

Totals 

.   2,939,901  tons 

$2,446,768 

El  Dorado  County... 

2,000  tons 

1,600 

Ilumholdt  County  .  . 

Lake   County    

Los  Angeles  County. 
Mariposa  County  . .  . 
Monterey  County  . . . 

11,622  tons 

8,210  tons 

685,790  tons 

15,000  tons 

92,420  tons 

.   13,074 
10,000   , 

542,078 

9,000 

31,727 

Alameda  County   . .  . 
Riverside  County  . . . 
Sonoma  County  .... 
Tulare  County  

2,000  tons 

2,000  tons 

15  tons 

6,567  tons 

$24,000 

4,000 

180 

52,642 

Napa  County   

101,078  tons 

75,395 

Nevada  County   .... 

3,623  tons 

1,387 

Totals 

10,582  tons 

$80,822 

(20) 


QUANTITY  AND  VALUE  OP  MINERAL  PRODUCTS  OF  CALIFORNIA— 1908. 


MANGANESE. 

Quantity. 

Value. 

MINERAL    WATER— Continued.        Quantitt. 

Value. 

Alameda  County   .... 

260  tons 

$4,680 

Shasta  County   

100,000  ^aLs. 

20,000 

Pluniiis  County 

1  ton 

25 

Siskiyou  County    .... 

700,000  gals. 

80,000 

San  Joaquin  County. . 

60  tons 

1,080 

Solano  County   

140,000  gals. 

11,600 

Sonoma  County 

Tehama  County  

Totals 

10,000  gals. 
20,000  gals. 

1,000 

Totals 

321  tons 

$5,785 

2,000 

2,789,715  gals. 

$560,507 

San  Bernardino  Co..  . 

150  eu.  ft. 

$500 

Tuolumne  Countv   .  .  . 

18,503  cu.  ft. 

47,165 

MINERAL  PAINT. 

Calaveras  County  .... 
Stanislaias  County  . .  . 

Totals 

$250 

Totals 

18,653  eu.  ft. 

$47,665 

285  tons 

2,000 

MINERAL    WATER. 

335  tons 

$2,250 

Butte  County 

22,450  gals. 

$2,450 

Colusa  Countv  

200,000  gals. 

8,000 

NATURAL  GAS. 

Contra  Costa  Countv. 

109,400  gals. 

5.470 

Sacramento  County  . . 

55.000  .M  eu.  ft. 

$55,000 

Lake  Countv  

246,545  gals. 

118,300 

San  Joaquin  Countv.  . 

60.903  .M  cu.  ft. 

49,194 

Los  Angeles  Countv.  . 

573,975  gals. 

42,857 

Santa  Barbai-a  County 

715.612  Mcu.  ft. 

357,806 

Marin  Countv 

52,000  gals. 

12,050 

Solano  Countv 

7.743  Meu.  ft. 

8,053 

Mono  Couutj'   

7,100  gals. 

5,575 

Ventura  County  

3,625  Mcu.  ft. 

4..531 

Mendocino  Countv  . .  . 

45,000  gaLs. 

9,800 

Napa  Countv    

145.500  gaLs. 

101,090 

Totals 

842.883  M  cu.  ft. 

.$474,584 

San  Benito  Countv . . . 

26,000  gals. 

2,600 

San  Diego  Countv .... 

9,810  gals. 

11,772 

PAVING    BLOCKS. 

San  Luis  Obispo  Co. . . 

4,800  gaLs. 

1.056 

El  Dorado  County .  .  . 

200  :\r 

$8,000 

Santa  Barbara  County 

5,500  gals. 

4,932 

Riverside  County  .... 

1.258  M 

61,454 

Santa  Clara  County. . 

371,635  gals. 

39,955 

San  Bernardino  Co. . . 

742  M 

29,688 

(21) 


QUANTITY  AND  VALUE  OF  MINERAL  PRODUCTS  OF  CALIFORNIA— 1908. 


PAVING   BLOCKS— Continued.  Quantity. 

Solano  Couotv   234  M 

Sonoma  County   5,226  M 

Totals 7.660  M 

PETROLEUM. 

Fresno  County 10,725,389  bbls. 

Kern  County  18.777,871  bbls. 

Los  Angeles  County..   6,244,347  bbls. 

Orange  County  3,376,689  bbls. 

San  Luis  Obispo  Co. . .  10,000  bbls. 
Santa  Barbara  County  8,847,589  bbls. 
Santa  Clara  County. .  35,400  bbls. 
Ventura  County 289,625  bbls. 

Totals 48,306,910  bbLs. 

PLATINUM. 

Unapportioned   706  ounces 


.$7,008 
228,630 

$334,780 


$5,898,964 

9,388,935 

4,082.052 

2.532,517 

5,000 

4.423,794 

17,700 

217,219 

$26,566,181 


$13,414 


PYRITES. 

Alameda  County  . . . 
Shasta  County  

13.404  tons 
93,677  tons 

$70,782 
539,553 

Totals 

.      107,081  tons 

$610,335 

QUARTZ   CRYSTALS. 

Cnlnvpras  County 


QUICKSILVER. 

Colusa  County 

Lake  County •. . 

Monterey  County  .... 

Napa  County   

San  Benito  County. . . 
San  Luis  Obispo  Co. . . 
Santa  Clara  County. . 

Solano  County 

Sonoma  County 

Trinity  County    

Totals 18,039  flasks 

RUBBLE. 

Contra  Costa  County.  318,000  tons 

Los  Angeles  Countv . .  72,045  tons 

Madera  County    8,560  tons 

Marin  County 111,686  tons 

JIariposa  County  ....  42.400  tons 

Napa  County    4,666  tons 

Nevada  County   330  tons 

Placer  County   45,979  tons 

Riverside  County 192.592  tons 


Quantity. 

Value. 

4.000  lbs. 

$10,000 

21  flasks 

$900 

1,300  flasks 

54,951 

7  flasks 

296 

2,340  flasks 

98,912 

9,600  flasks 

405,792 

867  flasks 

36,648 

2,460  fla.sks 

103,984 

764  flasks 

33,294 

590  flasks 

24,939 

90  flasks 

3,804 

$763,520 


$210,000 

56.540 

2.K0 

66,700 

27,560 

3.333 

300 

20,477 

209,498 


(22) 


QUANTITY  AND  VALUE  OP  MINERAL  PRODUCTS  OP  CALIFORNIA,— 1908. 


RUBBLE— Continued. 

Quantity. 

Value. 

Sacramento  County  .  . 

4.785  tons 

$3,828 

San  Bernardino  Co. .  . 

30.273  tons 

20.829 

San  Dies'o   Connty... 

1.959  tons 

2,539 

San  Francisco  County 

G3.135  tons 

54,148 

San  Luis  Obispo  Co. .  . 

735  tons 

900 

Santa  Barbara  County 

49,014  tons 

10,930 

Solano  County 

1.785  tons 

1,428 

Sonoma  County 

30.500  tons 

20,850 

Stanislaus  County  . .  . 

61,800  tons 

74,000 

Ventura  County 

Totals 

18,800  tons 

9,006 

1,059,044  tons 

$795,006 

SALT. 

Alameda  County   .... 

78.4()2  tons 

$108,694 

Colusa  County  

ID  tons 

125 

Los  Anijeles  Couutv.  . 

12.001)  t(ins 

48,000 

San  Bernardino  Co... 

!)()  fi.ns 

650 

San  Diegro  County .... 

7.000  tons 

60,000 

San  Mateo  County. .  . 

23,800  tons 

60,900 

Solano  County   

400  tons 

2,800 

Tehama  County 

Totals 

2  tons 

300 

121,764  tons 

$281,469 

SANDSTONE.                                          Quantity.  Valde. 

Colusa  County 73,284  eu.  ft.  $43,971 

Los  Anseles  County..          6,292  cu.  ft.  2,000 

Santa  Barliara  County        10,525  cu.  ft.  6,545 

Siskiyou   County    ....           1,800  eu.  ft.  1,485 

Yolo  County 1,400  cu.  ft.  1,150 

Totals 93,301  cu.  ft.  $55,151 

SILVER.  Com.  Value. 

Amador  County   $13,239 

Butte  County  12,708 

Calaveras  County    62,727 

Colusa  County  6 

Del  Norte  County  19 

El  Dorado  County 5,504 

Fresno  County H 

Humboldt  County  325 

Imperial  County   123 

Inyo  County 30,900 

Kern  County  96,550 

Lassen  County  783 

Madera  County  1,264 

Mariposa  County 4,732 

Merced  County*    1,196 

*  U.    S.    Geological    Survey    reports    silver    for    Merced    and 
Stanislaus   counties   together. 


(23) 


QUANTITY  AND  VALUE  OF  MINERAL  PRODUCTS  OF  CALIFORNIA— 1908. 


SILVER — Continued.  Com.  Value. 

.Mono  Couuty   $26,134 

.Monterey  County 9 

Nevada  Coimty " 21,914 

Placer  County   2,194 

Plumas  Count.y  3,560 

Riverside  County 112 

Sacramento  County 1,621 

San  Bernardino  County 35,704 

San  Diego  County 86 

Shasta  County   . ". 517,596 

Sierra  County 1,917 

Siskiyou  County   6,125 

Stanislaus  Count.y* 

Trinity  County  .' 4,269 

*  U.    S.    Geological    Survey    Report.s    silver    for    Merced    and 
Stanislaus   counties   together. 


SILVER— Continued.  Com.  Value. 

Tuolumne  County   $11,732 

Yuba  County   9,997 

Total $873,057 

SLATE. 

El  Dorado  County . .  .  6,000  squares         $50,000 

SOAPSTONE. 

Alameda  County    ....  3  tons  $48 

SODA. 

Unapportioned  9,600  tons  $14,400 

TUNGSTEN. 

Unapportioned $37,750 

ZINC. 

Unapportioned    54,000  lbs.  $3,544 


(24) 


ASSESSED  VALUATION,  AREA,  AND  POPULATION  OF  CALIFORNIA. 


Alameda   County    ... 

Alpine  Countj    

Amador   Coun'tv    .... 

Biittr    County     

CalaviTns    County    .  . 

( 'olusa   ('ounty    

Contra  Costa  County 
I>i'l  Xorte  Countv.., 
lOl    Doi-ado    County... 

Fii'sno    County    

(JN'un    ( 'ouuty    

Ilunilidldt  Couuty  .  . 
hnperial    County    .  .  .  , 

In.vo   Couuty    

Kern    Couuty    

Kings  County    

Lake   County    

Lassen   County    

Los   An.c:eles   County .  . 

Madera    Count.y    

Marin    Couuty    

.Mariposa  Couuty  .  .  . 
Mendocino    County     .  , 

-Merced   ("ounty    

Mixloc   County    

.Mono   County    

Monlerey    Count.v     . .  . 

Napa   Couuty    

Nevada   County    

Orange    County    


f  County  created  in  1907. 


•Grand  Total 
Value  of  All 
roperty  in  1909. 
.?210,512.357 
513,444 

5,545,591 
21,891.41!) 

0,403,321 
12,992,538 
32,472,408 

3,957,135 

5,7.58,510 
03,809.821 
12.008,905 
29,350,430 

9,521,5,84 

4,485.895 
44.184,102 
13,074,910 

3,024,990 

0,437,333 
593,879,367 

9,032,927 
19,3.5.3,481 

2.402.315 
15..5.30.157 
]9.0.'s0.4.39 

5.722,092 

1.315.700 
28.2l">1.983 
10.288,008 

8,107,079 
31,930,0,37 


Area, 

in  Square 

Miles. 

840 

57.5 

508 

1.7(U 

990 

1,080 

750 

1,54G 

1.891 

5.940 

1,400 

3.507 

4,140 

10,224 

8.1.59 

1,2.57 

1..3.32 

4,750 

3,957 

2,140 

.510 

1 .580 

.3,400 

1,7.50 

4,097 

2.79(! 

3.4.50 

800 

958 

780 


Popu- 
lation 
1900. 
130,197 
509 
11,110 
17,117 
11,200 
7,304 
18,040 
2,408 
8,980 
37,802 
5.150 
27,104 
t 
4,.377 
10,480 
9,S71 
0,017 
4,511 
170,298 
0.304 
15,702 
4,720 
20,4(i5 
9,215 
5,070 
2,107 
19,.3,S0 
10.451 
17,789 
19,090 


Placer  County    

Plumas   County    

Kiyerside    Couuty     

Sacramento    Count.\'    .... 

8an    P.enito    Counly 

San    Bernardino    County 

Sau    Diego    Count.v 

San  Franciseo  Count.y.  . 
San  .Toaquiu  Count.y.,. 
San  Luis  Ohispo  Couuty 

San    Mateo    Couuty 

Santa  P.arliara  County. 
Santa   Clara    Count.y.... 

Santa   Cruz   Count.y 

Sliasta    County    

Sierra   County    

Siskiyou  County   

Solano  County    

Sonoma  County    

Stanislaus   County    

Sutter   Couuty    

Tehama    Count.v    

Trinity   County    

Tulare   Count.y    

Tuolumne    Couuty    

Ventura    County    

Yolo   County    

Yuba   County    

Totals    


*  Report  of   State  Controller, 


•Grand  Total 
Value  of  All 
Property  in  1909. 
.f12.757.392 

5.IU5.747 
30,000,885 
.58.298..532 

7,2.55.145 
45.379.872 
37,481.203 
539.487..347 
50.592,1.50 
17,107,405 
27,075,129 
.32,108.3.58 
72.002.490 
19.739.021 
15.9(M;.302 

2,357,450 
1S,412,.3.39 
22,032..342 
30,205,221 
22.242,512 

7,0.52.074 
1.3.410.379 

2.,881..3.30 
41.241.220 

8.0n4..S40 
24.711.242 
21.022.881 

7,37S.9;M 


Area, 

in  Square 

Miles. 

1.4.84 

2.301 

7.008 

1 .0(  17 

1,470 

20.tl55 

4,377 

42 

1.370 

3.5(10 

470 
2,450 
1,.355 

425 
4,050 

910 
0.078 

911 
1..540 
1.480 

Oil 
3.200 
3.270 
4.935 
2,282 
1,.S.50 
1,017 

025 


Popu- 
lation 

1900. 

15,7.80 
4,057 

1 7..897 


27,929 
;r>.(l90 
342,7X2 
35.452 
10.0.37 
12.094 
18.934 
00.210 
21.512 
17.31.S 

4.017 
10.901' 
24,143 
;!S.4S0 

9.550 

5,8Sr, 
10,990 

4.383 
18.:!.57 
11.100 
14,307 
1.3,01  .s 

8,020 


,.82,438.0.j0..544     158.297     1.4,85.0.53 


(25) 


COUNTY   MINERAL   PRODUCTS   AND   VALUE— 1908. 


ALAMEDA    COUNTY.  Quantity. 

Asphalt    11,943  tons 

Brick 1,800  M 

Chrome   70  tons 

Clay   1G,370  tons 

Macadam  483,492  tons 

Maguesite  2,000  tons 

Manganese   260  tons 

Pyrites 13,404  tons 

Salt 78,462  tons 

Sand  (Glass)    250  tons 

Soapstone   3  tons 


AMADOR    COUNTY. 

Asbestos 10  tons 

Brick  2,109  M 

Clay   23,322  tons 

Coiiper 53,940  lbs. 

Gold   

Lead 1,072  lbs. 

Lime 800  bbls. 

Limestone  1,000  tons 

Silver 


$143,376 

10,800 

595 

44,822 

465,653 

24,000 

4,680 

70,782 

108,694 

625 

48 

$874,075 


$1,000 

61,600 

25,369 

3,440 

1,876,174 

40 

960 

1,375 

13,239 

$1,983,197 


BUTTE  COUNTY.                                   Quantity. 
Gold    

Macadam 18,176  tons 

Mineral  Water 22,450  gals. 

Silver 


CALAVERAS   COUNTY. 

Clay    25  tons 

Copper 4,804,446  lbs. 

Gold 

Limestone  14,165  tons 

Mineral  Paint 50  tons 

Quartz  Crystals 4,000  lbs. 

Silver 

COLUSA    COUNTY. 

Gold 

Mineral  Water 200,000  gals. 

Macadam   1,000  tons 

Quicksilver 21  flasks 

Silver 

Salt 10  tons 

Sandstone 73,284  cu.  ft. 


$3,139,398 

7,916 

2,450 

12,708 

$3,162,472 

$250 

555,704 

1,378,511 

31,446 

250 

10,000 

62,727 

$2,038,888 

$578 

88,000 

850 

900 

6 

125 

43,971 

$134,430 


(26) 


COUNTY   MINERAL    PRODUCTS   AND   VALUE— 1908. 


CONTRA    COSTA    COUNTY.  QUANTIlY. 

Asphalt  0.500  tons 

Brick 35,844  M 

Clay   0,000  tons 

Limestone 9,140  tons 

Macadam   43,853  tons 

Mineral  Water 109,400  sals. 

Rubble   318,000  tons 

DEL    NORTE    COUNTY. 

Copper 74,787  lbs. 

Gold 

Silver 

EL    DORADO    COUNTY. 

Copper 603  lbs. 

Gold 

Lime 15,921  bbls. 

Macadam 2,000  tons 

Paving  Blocks 200  ]\1 

Silver 

Slate 6,000  squares 


$123,500 

335,737 

7,500 

18,282 

26,047 

5,470 

210,000 

$726,536 


$9,984 

3,488 

19 

$13,491 


$83 

342,033 

20,192 

1,600 

8,000 

5,504 

50,000 

$427,412 


FRESNO    COUNTY.  QuANTITV. 

Asphalt 500  tons 

Brick    13,220  M 

Clay   9,000  tons 

Gold 

Granite   16,900  cu.  ft. 

Petroleum    10,725,389  l)bls. 

Silver 


HUMBOLDT   COUNTY. 

Brick  

Gold   

Granite  

Macadam 

Silver 


IMPERIAL    COUNTY. 

Brick 

Copper  

Gold  

Silver  


760  M 


1,280  eu.  ft. 
11,622  tons 


2,225  M 
374  lbs. 


$5,500 

106,960 

26,000 

1,054 

16,900 

5,898,964 

11 

$6,055,389 


$8,585 

33.066 

1,280 

13,074 

325 

$56,330 


$22,250 

51 

5,848 

123 

$28,272 


(27) 


COUNTY   MINERAL   PRODUCTS   AND   VALUE— 1908. 


INYO  COUNTY.  Quantity. 

Copper G.S20  IKs, 

Gold 

L(>ad 683,401  ll)s. 

Silver 

KERN    COUNTY. 

A.sphiilt  50,000  tou.s 

UvH-k 2.080  M 

(lokl 

Gvpsum  500  tons 

Lime 116.717  bbls. 

Petroleum    18.777,8/1  bbl.s. 

Silver . 

KINGS    COUNTY. 

Brick 3,000  M 

Fuller's  Earth  50  tons 

Gypsum   100  tons 

LAKE   COUNTY. 

.Macadam  8,210  tons 

.Mineral  Water 246,545  gals. 

Quicksilver 1,300  flasks 


Valuk. 

$938 

308.873 

28.244 

30,900 


$368,955 

.$475,000 

19,552 

827,087 

2.000 

87,788 

9,388,935 

96,550 

$10,896,912 

$24,000 

1,000 

400 

$25,400 

$10,000 

118,300 

54,951 

$183,251 


LASSEN    COUNTY.  Ql-ANTITV. 

Gold      

Silver    

LOS   ANGELES   COUNTY. 

Asplialt  25,000  tons 

Brick 108.414  M 

Clay   25,934  tons 

Gems 

Gvpsum  12,000  tons 

:\Iaeadam 685,790  tons 

Mineral  Water   573,975  gals. 

Petroleum    6,244,347  bbls. 

Bubble   72.045  tons 

Salt   12.000  tons 

Sandstone 6.292  cu.  ft. 

Sand  (Glass)  2,000  tons 

MARIN    COUNTY. 

Brick  10,000  M 

aiineral  Water 52,000  gals. 

Rubble  111,686  tons 


$7,284 
783 

$8,067 


$250,000 

800,163 

55,274 

8,500 

75,000 

542,078 

42,857 

4,082,052 

56,540 

48,000 

2,000 

16,000 

$5,978,464 


$50,000 
12.050 
66,700 

$128,750 


(28) 


COUNTY   MINERAL   PRODUCTS   AND   VALUE— 1908. 


MADERA   COUNTY.  QuANTiTT. 

Brick 250  M 

Copper 113,293  lbs. 

Gold   

Granite  140,086  eu.  ft. 

Lead 2,279  lbs. 

Rubble  8,560  tons 

Silver 


MARIPOSA    COUNTY. 

Copp.T 29,124    11)S. 

Gold   

IMacadam 15,000  tons 

Rubble   42,400  tons 

Silver 


MENDOCINO    COUNTY. 

Bricli  

Mineral  Water  . . 


260  M 
45,000  gals. 


$2,250 

15,454 

45.107 

123,668 

84 

2,140 

1,264 


$189,967 


$2,958 
439,862 

9.000 
27,560 

4,732 

$484,112 


$2,600 
9,800 

$12,400 


MERCED  COUNTY.  Quantity. 

Brick  700  M 

Copper 694  lbs. 

Gold*   

Lead 965  lbs. 

Silver*    

MONO    COUNTY. 

(iold     

.MiiuTal  Water   7,100  Kals. 

Silver 

MONTEREY    COUNTY. 

Brick 426  M 

Glass-Sand    6,805  tons 

Gold 

Gypsum  2,000  tons 

Lime 50,000  bbls. 

Macadam 92,420  tons 

Quicksilver 7  flasks 

Silver 


Value. 

$6,300 

70 

182,970 

36 

1,196 


$190,572 

$413,946 

5,575 

26,134 

$445,655 

$3,838 

5,120 

1,318 

8,000 

50,000 

31,727 

296 

9 

$100,308 

*  U.   S.  Geological  Survey  reports  for  Merced  and  Stanislaus 
counties  togetiier. 


(29) 


COUNTY   MINERAL   PRODUCTS   AND   VALUE— 1908. 


NAPA  COUNTY.  Quantity. 

-Macadam 101,078  tons 

INlineral  Water 145,500  gals. 

Quicksilver 2,340  flasks 

Kubble   4,666  tons 


NEVADA  COUNTY. 

Copper 30,166  lbs. 

Gold 

Granite  700  eu.  ft. 

Lead 663  lbs. 

Macadam 3,623  tons 

Rubble 330  tons 

Silver 


$75,395 

101,090 

98,912 

3,333 


$278,730 


$4,104 

2,297,963 

2,100 

25 

1,387 

300 

21,914 

$2,327,793 


PLACER   COUNTY.  Quantity. 

Asbestos 50  tons 

Brick 1,300  M 

Clay   13,000  tons 

Gold 

Granite  109,293  cu.  ft. 

Lime 1,727  bbls. 

Rubble  45,979  tons 

Silver 


PLUMAS  COUNTY. 

Gold  

Manganese  . . . . 
Silver 


1  ton 


$5,000 

46,300 

11,500 

358,096 

157,992 

1,710 

20,477 

2,194 

$603,269 


$254,737 

25 

3,560 

$258,322 


ORANGE    COUNTY. 

Brick 4,050  :\I 

Clav   9,000  tons 

Lead 14,445  lbs. 

Macadam 16,055  tons 

Petroleum   3,376,689  bbls. 


$20,450 

18,600 

534 

3,005 

2,532,517 

$2,575,106 


RIVERSIDE    COUNTY. 

Asbestos 10  tons  $100 

Lime 8,300  bbls.  8,300 

Limestone 8,000  tons  8,000 

Brick  4,803  M  74,086 

Clay   71,231  tons  89,752 

Copper 22,665  lbs.  2,816 

Gold 5,884 


(30) 


COUNTY   MINERAL   PRODUCTS   AND   VALUE— 1908. 


RIVERSIDE    COUNTY— Contd.  Quantity. 

Granite   156,100  cu.  ft. 

Magnesite   2,000  tons 

Macadam 31:7,517  tons 

Paving  Blocks  1,258  M 

Rubble   192,592  tons 

Silver 

SACRAMENTO    COUNTY. 

Brick 7,936  M 

Gold 

Granite  44,151  eu.  ft. 

]\Iacadam 211,622  tons 

Natural  Gas   55,000  M  cu.  ft. 

Rubble  4,785  tons 

Silver 


SAN    BENITO   COUNTY. 

Bituminous  Rock  ....  600  tons 

Gems   

Macadam 116,000  tons 

Mineral  Water 26,000  gals. 

Quicksilver 9,600  flasks 


Value. 

$151,901 

4,000 

25,625 

61,454 

209,498 

112 

$641,528 

$63,491 

1,166,055 

44,151 

147,649 

55,000 
3,828 
1,621 

$1,481,795 

$2,820 

16,500 

60,400 

2,600 

405,792 

$488,112 


SAN    BERNARDINO   COUNTY.  Quantity. 

Brick  1,050  M 

Copper 516,940  lbs. 

Gems 

Gold    

Granite   4,848  cu.  ft. 

Gyp.sum   20,000  tons 

Lead 409,570  lbs. 

Limestone 104,236  tons 

Macadam 191,445  tons 

Marble   150  cu.  ft. 

Paving  Blocks 742  M 

Rubble  30,273  tons 

Salt    90  tons 

Silver 


SAN   JOAQUIN    COUNTY. 

Brick 28,412  M 

Clay    2,600  tons 

]\langanese 60  tons 

Natural  Gas   60,903  M  eu.  ft. 


Value. 

$7,350 

71,079 

200 

180,511 

4,029 

70,000 

17,218 

97,466 

176,696 

500 

29,688 

20,829 

650 

35,704 

$711,920 


$189,560 

13,000 

1,080 

49,194 

$252,834 


(31) 


COUNTY   MINERAL    PRODUCTS   AND   VALUE— 1908. 


SAN    DIEGO   COUNTY.  QuaiNtitv. 

Biiok    2,112  M 

( Ji'ins   

(!()ld    

(ininitp   a.OOO  cu.  ft. 

:\Iacadam 29,020  tons 

Jlineral  "Wati-r 9.810  gals. 

Kulible   1.959  tons 

Salt    7,000  tons 

Silver 

SAN    FRANCISCO   COUNTY. 

Asphalt  1,500  tons 

Brick 41,837  M 

.Macadam 53,763  tons 

Rnblile   63,135  tons 


SAN    LUIS  OBISPO  COUNTY. 

Bitnmiuoiis  Rock  .... 

Brick 

^Mineral  Water 

Petroleiun 

Quicksilver 

Rubble   


5,077  tons 

1.140  i\r 

4.800  gals. 
10,000  bbls. 
867  flasks 
735  tons 


itl6,719 

121,501) 

6,920 

10,000 

34,583 

11,772 

2.539 

60,000 

86 

$264,119 

$15,000 

345,155 

41,111 

54,148 

$455,414 

$21,875 

12,900 

1,056 

5,000 

36,648 

900 

$78,379 


SAN    MATEO   COUNTY.  QuANTiry. 

Brick  4.494  M 

Liiiiestoiie  3i  ,(587  tons 

.Macadam   92.261  toii.s 

Salt    23.S()0  tons 

SANTA  BARBARA  COUNTY. 

A.splialt 7.000  tons 

Brick 750  lAI 

Infusorial  Earth  2.950  tous 

Limestone    16,580  tons 

Mineral  Water 5,500  gals. 

Natural  Gas  715,612  I\I  cu.  ft. 

Petroleum    8,847,589  bbls. 

Rubble   49,014  tons 

Sandstone 10,525  en.  ft. 


SANTA   CLARA   COUNTY. 

Brick 15,000  M 

Lime 10,017  bbls. 

Limestone 671  tons 

Macadam   51,966  tons 

.Mineral  Water 371,635  gals. 

Petroleum 35.400  bbls. 

Quicksilver 2,460  flasks 


Value. 

.$63,231 
17.451 
89.142 
60,900 

.$230,724 

$70,000 

7.500 

32.012 

33.160 

4,932 

357,806 

4,423,794 

10,930 

6,545 

$4,946,679 

.$63,618 
10,017 
1,417 
45,142 
39,955 
17,700 

103,984 

$281,833 


(32) 


COUNTY    MINERAL    PRODUCTS    AND    VALUE— 1908. 


SANTA  CRUZ  COUNTY.  QuANTirv. 

Bituminous  Rock  ....  25,041  tons 

Clay   28,100  tons 

Granite   150  eu.  ft. 

Lime 119.996  bbls. 

Limestone  1.178  tons 

:\raeadam 18.284  tons 


SHASTA   COUNTY. 

Brick 2,000  M 

Chrome  280  tons 

Copper 34,878,677  lbs. 

Gold 

Lime    11,818  bbls. 

Limestone  80,000  tons 

Macadam 10,000  tons 

Mineral  Water 100,000  gals 

Pyrites 93,677  tons 

Silver 

SIERRA   COUNTY. 

Gold 

Silver 


Value. 

$85,123 

28,400 

336 

119,996 

2,167 

19,736 


$255,758 

$12,000 

5,600 

4,642,976 

1,131,832 

9,100 

80,000 

25,000 

20,000 

539,553 

517,596 

$6,983,657 

$412,626 
1,917 

$414,543 


SISKIYOU    COUNTY.  Quantity. 

Gold    

Lead 4,949  lbs. 

Lime 1,090  bbls. 

:\Iiueral  Water  700,000  gals. 

Sandstone 1,800  cu.  ft. 

Silver 

SOLANO    COUNTY. 

Brick  1,000  M 

Macadam  232,791  tons 

Mineral  Water  140,000  gals. 

Natural  Gas   7,743  M  cu.  ft. 

Paving  Blocks 234  M 

Quicksilver  764  flasks 

Rubble   1.785  tons 

Salt    400  tons 

SUTTER    COUNTY. 

Macadam   5,000  tons 

SONOMA  COUNTY. 

Brick  11,000  M 

Clay   2,600  tons 

Granite  566  cu.  ft. 

Macadam 63,380  tons 

Magnesite  15  tons 


Value. 

$504,156 

183 

1,680 

80,000 

1,485 

6,125 

$593,629 

$7,001) 
518,883 

11,600 
8,053 
7,008 

33,294 
1.428 
2,800 

$590,066 
$5,000 


$83,000 

3,000 

566 

57,919 

180 


(33) 


COUNTY    MINERAL    PRODUCTS    AND    VALUE— 1908. 


SONOMA    COUNTY— Continued.  QuAXTirv. 

MiiuTal  Water 10,000  gals. 

1 'a viiiK  Blocks 5,226  M 

(^uicl«ilver  590  flasks 

Hnbbli'    30,500  tons 


STANISLAUS    COUNTY. 

Brick 

Gold*   

Mineral  Paint  . .' . . 

Rubble  

Silver* 


TRINITY    COUNTY. 

Gold    

Quicksilver  .  .  . 
Silver   


TEHAMA    COUNTY. 

Brick  

^Mineral  Water 
Salt    


750  M 


285  tons 
61,800  tons 


90  flasks 


•400  :\i 
20,000  gals. 
2  tons 


*1,000 

228,630 

24,939 

20,850 

$420,084 
.$7,000 

2,666 

74,000 


$83,000 

$602,944 
3,804 
4.269 

$611,017 

$3,000 

2,000 

300 


•  Gold  and  silver  for  Stanislaus  and  Merced  connties 
together  by  U.   S.   Geological   Survey. 


$5,300 

reported 


TULARE   COUNTY. 

Brick 

Gems  

Magnesite  . . . . 


TUOLUMNE   COUNTY. 


Gold   

Lime  .... 
Limestone 
Marble  . . 
Silver  . . . , 


VENTURA    COUNTY. 

Brick 

Clay    

Macadam 

Natural  Gas   . . . 

Petroleum   

Rubble  


QuANTirv. 

2,250  M 


6.567  tons 


60,000  bbls. 

1,233  tons 

18,503  eu.  ft. 


$18,000 
62,250 
52,642 

$132,892 


$798,752 

69,500 

6,500 

47,165 

11,732 

$933,649 


200  M 

$1,500 

560  tons 

1.680 

17,500  tons 

6.400 

3,625  M  cu.  ft. 

4,531 

89,625  bbls. 

217,219 

18,800  tons 

9,00o 

$240,336 


(34) 


COUNTY   MINERAL   PRODUCTS   AND   VALUE— 1908. 


YOLO  COUNTY.                                     QUANTITY.  Value. 

Sandstone 1,400  eu.  ft.  $1,150 

YUBA   COUNTY. 

Brick 1,000  M  $10,000 

Gold   2,031,486 

I\racadani  17,000  tons  5,750 

Silver 9,997 

$2,060,233 


UNAPPORTIONED.  Value 

Borax $117,000 

Cement 2,359,692 

Coal 55,.503 

Copper 41,120 

Glass  (Sand)  300 

Lead 299 

Platinum    13,414 

Soda 14,400 

Tungsten  37,750 

Zinc    3,544 

$2,643,022 


(3i) 


MINERAL  PRODUCTS  BY  COUNTIES,  1900-1908,  SUBSTANCES  AND  VALUES; 


That  full  justice  may  be  given  to  all  mineralized  counties  in  California,  the  California  State  Mining  Bureau  pub- 
lishes, herewith,  covering  a  series  of  years,  the  total  vahies  of  and  details  of  mineral  production,  giving  to  the  several 
counties  their  proper  share  of  that  which  has  been,  heretofore,  placed  under  the  general  heading  of  "unapportioned. " 
This  will  enable  all  counties  to  use  this  publication,  properly,  for  promotion  purposes,  and,  it  is  obvious,  to  their  legiti- 
mate and  large  advantage.  In  the  annual  bidletins  the  iLse  of  the  "unapportioned"  column  is  still  necessary  and  will 
be  so  always.  But  there  is  no  reason  why  the  various  richly  mineralized  portions  of  the  State  should  not  have  their 
mineral  wealth  known,  as  repi'esenting  the  output  of  a  period,  and  it  is  and  will  be  the  purpose  of  this  Bureau  to  spread 
information  of  this  kind  as  widely  as  po.ssible,  for  the  purpose  of  enlightening  those  who  are  seeking  for  mining  invest- 
.ments  or  places  in  which  to  place  their  capital  in  plants  for  the  pi'oduction  of  such  minerals  as  are  common  to  a  large 
majority  of  California  counties.  The  Bureau  believes  that  the  detailed  statements  will  prove  of  value  to  all  localities  and 
to  the  State  of  California  as  a  whole. 

In  1894  the  California  Stnti^  Mining  liureau  began  to  keep  a  record,  based  on  the  individual  returns  of  producers, 
of  the  annual  mineral  output  of  this  State.     The  work  is  now  widened  in  its  scope. 


tlnapportioiiprl   is   luit   giv(>ii    by  ypars.   a.s  siicli  tfegregation   would   reveal   private  business  in  many  instances. 

(3«) 


PRODUCTS   BY   VALUES— 1900-1908. 


ALAMEDA  COUNTY.                                                                                                                                        ' 

1 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

190:.. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Grand  Total. 

$14,400 
474,350 

$143,376 

10,800 

595 

44.822 

Brick    

$40,000 

$67,130 

$60,000 

$82,400 

$90,000 

$95,500 

$413,750 

10,000 

14,299 

Coal    

332,066 

262,272 
2,1G2 

203,550 

52 

15,000 
193,498 

Macadam    

Magnesite     

Manganese    

107,551 

180 

1,300 

106,576 

1,100 

4,365 

18,000 

625 

324,136 

185,295 

500 

7,140 

53,301 

241.357 

441.587 

468,937 


461,726 
33,300 

465,653 

24,000 

4,680 

70.782 

900 
62.992 
42,824 
7B.340 

88.500 

7.204 

143.605 

63,958 

7.442 

54.200 

56,000 

27,545 

126,838 

1.750 

54,410 
50,881 
163,127 

Rubble 

158,674 

160,000 

108.694 
625 
48 

$233,032 

Totals   

$639,771 

$786,366 

$666,838 

$530,207 

$514,413 

$662,687 

$1,104,820 

$1,266,493 

$874,075 

$7,278,702 

1 

1 
ALPINE    COUNTY. 

C 

$1,319 

23.568 

2,860 

$10,359 
3.770 

$2,701 
146 

$4,827 
145 

$575 

r'l  q^'no  -tini  Vl 

$5,465 

$27,747 

$14,129 

$2,847 

$4,972 

$575 

$55.73.^. 

„. 

(37) 


PRODUCTS   BY   VALUES— 1900-1908. 


AMADOR   COUNTY. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901.         1         1902. 

1 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Grand  Total. 

$1,000 
61,600 
25,369 

Brick 

$7,000 
7.100 

30.000 
8,190 

Clay   

Coal    

Copper     

$9,100 
41,215 
34,100 

$13,728 
10,912 
14,620 

$19,460 

$10,770 

$20,000 

$28,119 

$13,992 

900 

1,400 

750 

2,060,573 

1,560 

1,669 

1,020 

3,440 

Gold    

1, .373,788 

l.R2.'!.S27 

1,629,151 

1,609,744 

2,445,815 

2,260,376 

2,116,182 

1,876,174 

40 

960 

1,375 

1,700 

1.500 

1,200 

1,200 

5,891 
14,915 

4.630 
7,444 

8,016 
2,686 

5,379 
4,336 

6,558 
4,055 

3,950 
17,930 

14,579 

13,515               13,239 

$304,462 

Totals    

n,479,009 

$1,888,191 

$1,679,113 

$1,639,819 

$2,085,806 

$2,490,755 

$2,305,943 

$2,145,909 

$1,983,197 

$18,002,204 

BUTTE    COUNTY. 

Brick      

$7,200 

864,978 

1,500 

$5,000 

916,782 

750 

$7,200 

1.571,507 

250 

25  0 

$4,020 
1,932,552 

$3,200 
2.607,500 

$1,300 
3.016.747 

Gold    

Lime    

$485,589 
600 

$2,786,840 

$3,139,398 

7.916 
2,450 

Mineral   Water.  .  . 

1.515 

1.455 

1,5011 

1.550 
210 
358 

1,512 
1,000 
2,302 

1,500 
1,770 
7,134 

1.950 

475 

10,853 

2,140 

Silver     

13.082 

4,634 

2,21  1 

8,967 

12,708 


"  $105,870 

■Totals    

$500,786 

$87  1,707 

$126,251 

$1,581,325 

$1. 141, 386 

$2,621,104 

$3,031,325 

$2,797,947 

$3,162,472 

$17,548,233 

(38) 


PRODUCTS   BY   VALUES— 1900-1908. 


CALAVERAS   COUNTY. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908.        Grand  Total. 

$:!75 

mo 

414, 3J3 

$300 

300 

572.022 

10.000 

1,736,816 

$280 

50 

956.315 

$840 

250 

609.203 

Clay    

$250 
535.704 



Copper   

$150,585 

$268,000 

$251,062 

$297,263 

Gold    

1,649,126 

2,024,685 

2,072,939 

1,904,125 

],7S'J,184 
5,500 

1,644,234 

1, 097,974         1.378,511 

15.430 
1,900 

7,635 

Mineral  Paint   .  .  . 

3,800 

500 

778 

1,000 

385 

250 

250 

3,583 
18.000 
80,762 

Quartz  Crystals. . 
Silver    

17,500 
44,687 

10,000              10.000 
54,420              62,727 

46,234 

68,280 

65.611 

74,0  II 

$50,075 

Totals   

$1,905,856 

$2,355,372 

$2,371,013 

$2,270,668 

$2,275,554 

$2,415,627 

$2,682,863 

$1,789,642 

$2,038,888 

$20,155,558 

COLUSA    COUNTY. 

Brick 

$2,160 
1,800 

$1,800 

(lOld 

$850 

$734 

3,550 

51,233 

648 

$578 

850 

SS.OOO 

900 





Mineral    Water.  . . 
Quicksilver     

?12,350 
1,500 

20,220 
10,575 

79,698 
26,100 

$85,900 
21.708 

38,051 

16,526 

1.250 

180 

2'i0.000 

$12,321 

Salt   

80 

270 
80,082 

396 
87,456 

360 
312. .TOO 

225 
276,908 

$170 
101,802 

240 

79,259 

8 

125 

43,971 

6 



$104,508 

Totals   

$13,930 

$115,107 

$194,500 

$420,468 

$347,807 

$281,454 

$101,172 

$134,622 

$134,430 

$1,856,798 

(39) 


PRODUCTS   BY 

VALUES- 

-1900-190 

8. 

CONTRA   COSTA   COUNTY. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1001. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

1 
Gr.ind  Total. 

$21,870 
403,564 

$123,500 

335,737 

7,500 

Brick    

$11,600 

$16,000 

$67,495 

$73,948 

$169,022 

Coal    

?145,6oO 

$100,000 

31,160 

4,500 
22.500 

10,359 

13,925 
13,500 
in. 620 

1,113 

43,038 
210,250 

18,282 

26,047 

r,,470 

210,000 

18,750 
19.000 
14,310 

75,025 

Mineral  Water . . . 
Rubble   

i.non 

1,000 

S,736 

l!i..^.nn 

J,.-i00 

$214,058 

Totals   

$146,900 

$101,900 

$55,141 

$62,500 

$129,914 

$197,493 

$244,047 

$680,135 

$726,536 

$2,558,624 

DEL    NORTE    COUNTY. 

$9,984 
3,4  88 

Gold    

!?:•,.  iss 

.«lo.i;iL' 

$S,.|.iO 

$7,  is:! 

$7,399 
IS 

$10,590 

$.-.,91.-. 

$S7S 

Sliver   

33 

■■ 

19 

$20,000 

Totals    

$3,483 

$10,612 

$5,450 

$7,183 

$7,417 

$10,612 

$5,978 

$881 

$13,491 

$85,107 

(40) 


PRODUCTS   BY  VALUES— 1900-1908. 


EL   DORADO  COUNTY. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Grand  Tot.il. 

$162 

$2,625 

24,960 

384,735 

6,946 

5,775 

$1,000 

$500 

368.541 

6,000 

$292,036 
11,000 

$319 

335,031 

16,176 

$122 
319,177 
16,198 
15,318 

$83 

342,033 

20,192 

$277,304 
7.000 

474,994 

7,075 

431,746 
21,138 

1,600 

8,000 

50,000 

5,504 

26,250 
25,129 

38,250 
5,977 

30,000 
52 

50.000 

40,000 
2,525 

100,000 
2,690 

60,000 
2,301 

$251,829 

Totals   

$426,430 

$317,263 

$3S1.57S 

$284,304 

$332,231 

$167,566 

$556, .374 

$413,116 

$427,412 

$4,088,293 

FRESNO    COUNTY. 

$10,068 

38 

68,000 

$6,948 

$5,500 

Bituminous  Roclt. 
Brick    

?.35,062 

$35,000 

$45,000 

32,400 

.?C0,000 

$64,000 

$51,350 

106,960 
26,000 

1S2,C48 
21,462 

345,000 
54,427 

"  "  '21,538 
11,000 

319 
7,809 

224,640 
40,037 

88,000 
8,493 

50,000 

2,401 

10,500 

("■old    

22,346 

1.054 
16,900 

120 

2.400 

1,520,847 

4 

Mineral  Water. . . 

Petroleum    

Silver   

4,000 

547,960 

479 

5,142 
263,444 

4,500 

199,931 

21,200 

7,200 

730,673 

111 

2,400,300 
9,187 

1,974,470 
83 

3,620,120 
26 

5,898,964 
11 

V2'6V,534 

Totals    

1609,847 

$480,696 

$670,058 

$84  8,628 

$1,570,847 

$2,734,164 

$2,135,046 

$3,740,397 

$6,055,389 

$19,113,606 

(41) 


PRODUCTS   BY  VALUES— 1900-1908. 


HUMBOLDT    COUNTY. 

Grand  Total. 

Substances. 

1900. 

*7.100 
109,.(44 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Bi-ick    

$7,810 
98,487 

$17,040 
60,015 

$10,445 
38.509 

$21,350 
62,061 

$7,600 
45,284 

$8,690 
48,295 

$1,400 
40,109 

$8,585 

33,066 

1,280 

13,074 

' 

Gold 

Mineral    Water.  . . 

2,000 

2,000 

2,500 

362 

140 

204 

555 
240 

2S.'5 

128 

214 

325 

$20,975 

Totals    

?118,S27 

$108,425 

$79,555 

$49,316 

$83,551 

$53,628 

$57,780 

$41,723 

$56,330 

$670,110 

INYO 

COUNTY. 

Antimony    

Borax    

$700 
l.'J.^iOl 

?36,394 

126 

74,397 

9,013 

$26,400 
3,098 

66.045 
3.420 

20.000 
2,400 

18,200 

$1,.'!49 
162,400 
24,040 

$3,252 

150,474 

5.270 

3,000 

800 

7,122 

$23,649 

135,959 

16,247 

17,000 

$800 
19,449 
11,857 

4,800 

$1,356 
57,241 
13.090 
4,000 

$938 

308,873 

28,244 

(5old    

Lead    

213,65!5 
38,840 

113,493 
50.000 

56,573 
400,000 

14,484 
50,000 

29,741 

13,358 

44,440 

30,900 

Soda    

8,598 

$811,732 

Totals    

$430,589 

$668,618 

$184,414 

$139,563 

$169,918 

$222,596 

$50,264 

$128,731 

$368,955 

$3,175,380 

(42) 


PRODUCTS   BY  VALUES— 1900-1908. 


IMPERIAL   COUNTY. 

SrBSTANCES. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905.                1906. 

1907.                1908. 

Grand  Tot.U. 

Brick 

$10,000            $22,250 

51 

5.848 

123 

$10,000            $28,272 

$38,272 

1                         1 

KINGS    COUNTY. 

$5,000 

$5,000         $in,ooo 

$24,200 

$23,300 

$24,000 
9,000 

$20,000 

$8,000 
1,000 

$24,000 

1.000 

400 

$10,500 

Totals    

$5,000 

$5,000            $19,000 

$24,200 

$23,300 

$33,000 

$20,000 

$9,000 

$25,400 

$174,400 

KERN   COUNTY. 

. 

$8,350 
43,126 

Asplmlt    

Bitumimiiis  Rock. 

$14,020 

$101,500 

$100,787 

63 

30,000 

$124,110 

$105,860 

$231,360 

$260,158 

$475,000 

17,.'!00 

23,400 

24.500 

4,900 

6,000 
54 

34.200 

18,428 

19,552 

Clav 

Coppfi-   

l-\iller's  Earth  .  .  . 
Gold    

750 

3,750 

805,252 

67,606 

19,500 

1.007,059 

27,112 

19,246 

1,165,982 

559 

4,750 

1.022.353 

9,500 
1.426.523 

1.160.971 

806,117 

878,798 

827.087 

• 

(43) 


PRODUCTS  BY 

VALUES 

—1900-1908. 

KERN    COUNTY— Continued. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901.       i       1902.      1       igo.'i. 
1                        1 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Grand  Total. 

$8,000 
80,856 

$8,000 
70.246 

$11,000 
255,500 

44.000 

3.174.966 

134,944 

18,800 

$5,500 

153,003 

16,819 

4,673.867 

86,033 

$2,000 
87,788 

$51,700 

$82,700 

$172,000 

$267,096 

Limestone 

Petroleum    

Silver   

837,3-18 
147,736 

1,131,616 
40,497 

1,955,585 
99,135 

3.600,230 
114.614 

3,431,408 
151,189 

3,765,200 
129,503 
183,600 

9,388,935 
96,550 



$385,427 

Totals    

$4,957,602 

$1,867,856 

$2,423,918 

$3,481,926 

$5,319,630 

$4,912,035 

$5,417,828 

$6,092,606 

$10,896,912 

$46,755,800 

LAKE   COUNTY. 

1 

$10,000 
11S.300 
.14.951 

Mineral  Water . . . 
Quicksilver    

$45,400 
127,345 

$120,360 
211,324 

$126,663 
161,568 

$187,621 
106,397 

$221,000 
109,719 

$219,500 
51,937 

$160,000 
38,909 

$130,936 
30,604 

$28,423 

Totals    

n72,745 

$331,684 

$288,231 

$294,018 

$330,719 

$271,437 

$198,909 

$161,540 

$18:1,251 

$2,260,957 

LASSEN    COUNTY. 

$19,807 
676 

$5,900 
200 

$23,410 
244 

$91,102 
1,203 

$116,993 
1,515 

$7,284 
783 

$217,521 

Totals    

1 

$20,483 

$6,100 

$23,654 

$92,305 

$118,508 

$8,067 

$486,638 

1 

(44) 


PRODUCTS  BY  VALUES— 1900-1908. 


LOS  ANGELES  COUNTY. 

1 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907.                1908. 

Grand  Total. 

Asphalt 

Brick    

$100,000 
275,925 

$152,838 
264,825 

$171,904 
335,670 

$332,600 
706.334 

$307,068 
767.S27 

$119,430 
853,810 

$259,200 
826.831 

$353,423 
895,272 

$250,000 
800,163 

Clay 

10,776 

390 

SIO 

11.5 

5,11011 

16,006 

.34.250 

20,500 
169 

55.274 

<"  imd 

8,500 
16.000 

2.5.58 
S.n7l 

4.254 
12.402 

5,508 

10,312 
17,500 
35,500 

7,J0'1 
3.500 

15,035 

Gypsum   

10,000 

38,1  11 

43,500 

69.000 
200 

50.000 

75.000 

360 
504 

10,000 

18,000 

20,000 

5,000 

-    23,625 

3,000 

Macadam    

5,800 

23,000 

26,000 

13,750 

21,250 

22.000 

542,078 

300 

5,500 

7,084 

31,250 

5,128 

35,100 

42,857 

1,500 

1,062,038 

53,729 

19,950 

Petroleum    

Rubble     

1,722,887 
18,552 

1.075,868 

75,547 

180 

1,294,866 

104,435 

20,000 

9,734 

800 

22 

10,124 

1,289.910 

62,576 

24,480 

13.145 

2.310 

73 

2,315 

1, 056. 188 

47,025 

20.000 

9,950 

908,800 

176,559 

36,000 

9,540 

2,633,541 

13,279 

36,000 

19,076 

3,000 

4,082,052 

56,540 

48,000 

2,000 

Sandstone    

Serpentine    

3,750 
2,000 

800 

100 

1,694 

119 

n^Dortioned 

$337,303 

Totals   

$2,165,198 

$1,642,591 

$1,697,932 

$2,549,128 

$2,520,694 

$2,234,354 

$2,345,202 

$4,110,985 

$5,978,464 

$25,580,851 

(45) 


PRODUCTS   BY   VALUES— 1900-1908. 


■ 
MADERA   COUNTY.                                                                                                                                         ' 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907.                1908. 

Grand  Total. 

Brick    

$3,000 

77,500 

104,134 

80,000 

$3,000 

17,077 

82,749 

294,799 

$1,840 

2,139 

35,128 

78,041 

$972 

4,680 

93,070 

389,820 

$3,750 

1,313 

75,303 

98,083 

$12,500 

379 

13,303 

93,372 

47 

$2,250 

15,454 

45,107 

123,668 

84 



Copper    

Gold    

$50,867 

123,106 

10,014 

$22,390 
176,416 

Lrad   

M-U':id;im    

1,000 

1.000 
500 

Rubble    

600 
2,600 

4,000 
3 

2,140 
1,264 

Silver    

LTnapportloned    . . . 

3.833 

3 

508 

506 

$65,000 

Totals    

1 

$268,467 

$400,825 

$121,151 

$489,525 

$178,974 

$183,987 

$199,314 

$120,107 

$189,967 

$2,217,317 

MARIN    COUNTY. 

lirick    

MiPiidam    

$200,000 

$100,240 
825 

$97,700 
2,150 

$78.0:i5 
900 

$132,000 

$163,585 
32.2.-.0 

$199,300 
53,000 

$118,000 

$50,000 

Mineral   Water .  .  . 

12,050 
66.700 

Rubble    

2,500 

27,162 

105,350 
1,400 

139,432 

170. '1115 

12,000 

300 

134,111 

Salt    

I  ■napportioned    ... 

$42,000 

Totals    

$203,500 

$128,227 

$206,600 

$218,427 

$302,995 

$207,835 

$232,600 

$252,111 

$128,750 

$1,942,045 

(46) 


PRODUCTS   BY   VALUES— 1900-1908. 


- 

IVIARIPOSA  COUNTY. 

Substances. 

1900. 

laoi. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Grand  Total. 

?30,1S0 

504.1*28 
3.0S0 

$11,940 
031.478 

$6,808 

5  4  2, 3. T  5 

$1,466 

429,771 

$1,950 
386. 3S0 

$2,958 
439.862 

Gold    

?i57,i;i;3 

$366,394 

$405,498 
60 

Macadam 

9.000 

Platinum 

25 

Rubble 

27.560 
4,732 

13,S53 

4.7S7 

3.8S0 

3,353 

2,839 

5.231 

4,150 

$8,431 

Totals    

$409,708 

$171,516 

$542,975 

$647,298 

$552,516 

$434,076 

$393,592 

$369,771 

$484,112 

$4,013,995 

IVIENDOCINO   COUNTY. 

Brick    

5400 

$2,500 

$2,000 

$5,5S0 

$3,120 

75 

12,000 

$6,470 

40 

18,000 

$5,000 

19 

9.800 

$4,000 

$2,600 

Mineral    Water .  .  . 

8,048 

8,220 

7,S9S 

15,000 

9,800 

9.800 

$18,000 

Totals    

' 

?S.448 

$10,720 

$'i,S'IS 

$20,580  j         $15,195 

$24,510 

$14,819 

$13,800 

$12,400 

$148,370 

»  U.  S.  Geological 

Survey  rep 

jrts  gold  anc 

1  silver  for 

IVIERCED  COUNTY 

Merced  and  Stanislaus 

counties   together. 

$3,500 

$6,000 

$12,500 

$6,300 

70 

182,970 

36 

1,196 

Copper    

$12,453 

$1,656 

$780 

$1,135 

822 

Silver*    

10 

$18,264 

$12,453 

$1,656 

$780 

$1,135 

$3,500 

$6,000 

$13,332 

$190,572 

$247,692 

(47) 


PRODUCTS   BY  VALUES— 1900-1908. 


MONO  COUNTY. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901, 

1D02. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Grand  Total. 

$305 

493,355 

3.000 

1,160 

$208 

334,713 

5,000 

36 

Gold    

Lime    

?670,200 
4,000 
2,000 

$510,596 

2.000 

154 

$268,930 
850 

$308,884 

$338,698 

$383,971 

$413,946 



5,575 
26.134 

75,921 

25,091 

36,548 

20,067 

2,955 

11,240 

13,151 

29,797 

...I 

$106,736 

Totals    

$752,121 

$522,911 

$549,298 

$360,024 

$272,735 

$320,124 

$351,849 

$413,768  1       $445,655 

$4,551,875 

MONTEREY    COUNTY. 

$1,488 
1,600 

?1,C00 

$3,838 

1 

$1,000 

$24,000 
8,178 
1,076 

$12,225 
6,860 

$4,967 
8,920 

7,272 
6,941 

$8,121 
4,000 

$1,125 
625 

5,120 
1,318 
8,000 

1 

13,800 

1 

400 
50,000 

15,750 
7,500 
2,503 
3,250 

13,200 

23,400 
9,000 
2,300 
1,250 

3,240 
21,500 

10,000 

125,000 

50,000 

Limestone   

10,S00 

900 
1,750 

31,727 

Mineral  Water . . . 

4,000 

1,000 

1,000 

12,000 

12,000 

296 

Rubble  

2,775 

6,366 

4,300 
18 

867 

3 

9 

9 

$148,056 

unapport    nea    ... 

Totals    

$19,175 

$50,169 

$39,253 

$51,436 

$43,041 

$23,121 

$64,153 

$146,263 

$100,308 

$684,975 

(48) 


PRODUCTS   BY  VALUES— 1900-1908. 


NAPA  COUNTY. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Grand  Total. 

$435,552 

$6,690 

$8,496 

$315 

78 

104,750 

199,586 

3,704 



$75,395 

Magnesite     

Mineral   Water.  .  . 
Quicksilver   

$17,400 
72,200 
403,500 

11,622 
109,900 
388,176 

450 

97,048 

304.474 

500 

915 

124,000 

333,006 

3,375 

$89,500 

171,910 

500 

$90,500 
86.870 

277 

$103,600 

95,400 

3,000 

101,090 
98,912 
3,333 



$2,639,727 

Totals    

$493,100 

$516,388 

$410,968 

$896,848 

$308,433 

$261,910 

$180,147 

$202,000 

$278,730 

$6,188,251 

NEVADA  COUNTY. 

$20,472 
1,812,036 

$6,235 
2,121,054 

$3,975 

2,142,740 

3,000 

$585 

2,458.047 

4,160 

$4,418 

2,162,088 

9,300 

$4,104 

2,297,963 

2,100 

25 

1,387 

Gold    

$3,130,304 
5,395 

$3,179,715 
2,570 

$2,658,420 
9,300 

c  aam    

20 

Pyrites    

17,550 

429 

300 
21,914 

68,841 

18,122 

6,124 

3.252 

9.555 

32,523 

24,219 

17,505 

TT                  t'          H 

$400,000 

Totals    

$1,916,899 

$2,145,840 

$2,155,839 

$2,466,044 

$3,145,254 

$3,214,828 

$2,691,939 

$2,193,306 

$2,327,793 

$22,657,742 

(49) 


PRODUCTS   BY   VALUES— 1900-1908. 


ORANGE    COUNTY. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Grand  Total. 

Brick    

$13,000 

$9,000 

$11,800 
14,581 

$13,500 
12,900 

$26,000 

$20,450 
18.600 

Clav    

Coal    

$2,250 

$1,500 

193 

Gold    

2,407 

4,000 
250 

$250 

150 

1 

Lead  

..::.::.::  .-;..;:.;: 

1,303 

534 

3,005 

2,532,517 

Petroleum    

Sandstone    

Zinc 

254,397 
120 

181,591 

824,492 

1,016,285 

1,144,542 
200 

711,633 
250 

1,194,000 

1,456,050 

2,000 

$72,586 

Totals    

$259,174 

$187,341 

$824,742 

$1,029,435 

$1,153,742 

$738,264 

$1,220,400 

$1,485,546 

$2,575,106 

$9,546,336 

PLACER   COUNTY. 

$2,500 

$3,500 

$5,000 
46,300 
11,500 

Brick    

Clay    

$15,000 

$15,000 

1.764 

900,745 

89,874 

$15,000 

368 

843,366 

105,377 

$15,000 

520 

570,571 

181,661 

9,000 

4,000 

3,750 

$16,100 

76,500 

778,355 

110,371 

$10,000 

57,291 

597.793 

15,000 
38,600 

20,000 

Gold    

Granite 

986,155 
95,869 

482,772 
94,459 
11,430 
79,768 

358,096 

157,992 

1,710 

66.030 
11,950 

8,737 



600 

280 
1,968 

375 

36 

12 

Quartz   Crystals.. 

(50) 


PRODUCTS  BY  VALUES— 1900-1908. 


PLACER    COUNTY— Continued. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Grand  Total. 

$50,435 
3,341 

$13,119            i.MCm 

$22,779 
8,041 

$5,100 

$24,263 
3,358 

$20,477 
2,194 

4,828 

1,116 

9,320 

$861,728 

Totals    

fl, 128,882 

$1,025,184 

$1,018,487 

$800,985 

$1,004,098 

$798,644 

$139,192 

$719,550 

$603,269 

$8,100,019 

PLUMAS    COUNTY. 

$247 
424,112 

$157 
283,810 

Gold    

$365,210 

$401,284 

$380,686 

$270,439 

$229,350 

$219,355 

5,000 

25 

$254,737 

Manganese    

10 

40 

25 

30 

25 

1,055 

25 

Silver    

4,159 

2,508 

517 

510 

464 

530 

948 

3,560 

$75,575 

Totals   

$369,379 

$403,832 

$381,203 

$424,894 

$270,903 

$284,497 

$230,460 

$225,328 

$258,322 

$2,924,393 

RIVERSIDE    COUNTY. 

Asbestos   

$1,250 

$4,400 

$100 

$2,400 
71,380 
49,232 

Brick    

Clay   

Coal    

28,842 
18,080 
15,000 

89,787 
16.624 
7,000 

$114,165 

18.920 

3,000 

$164,020 
65.332 

$69,195 
67,970 

$92,140 
59,712 

$102,000 
174,713 

74,086 
89,752 

100 

50 

3,836 

2,816 

renf'f'^ 

2,500 
35,690 

2,500 
4,432 

Gold    

149,292 

109,747 

47,947 

13,453 

7,488 

5,884 

(51) 


PRODUCTS   BY  VALUES— 1900-1908. 


RIVPR.<%lnP     r.miNTV       r.nn*lnii»rl 

1 

SnBSTANCES. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Grand  Total. 

?o7,600 

$51,900 
3.000 

$37,459 
500 

$48,975 

$195,364 

$92,300 

$43,935 

$134,522 

$151,901 

1.750 
6.500 

18.000 

21.250 

8.500 

22,160 

20.000 

20,000 

20,000 

8,300 

8,000 

25,625 

4,000 

17.000 
5.919 

20.500 

16,639 

24,978 

28.150 
1,750 
9,000 

55,447 
352,933 

Marble   

1,500 

1,500 
36,000 
45,123 
20.000 

2.500 

86.030 

113,412 

15,000 

2.500 

36.000 

215.229 

9.360 
40.258 
20,000 

24,000 
78,725 

61.454 
209,498 

Rubble   

Salt    

8,000 

200 

6.848 

12.000 

500 

2,150 

Sand  Quartz  

Silver    

94 

136 

80 

346 

251 

26 

112 

$871,192 

Totals   

$285,112 

$316,608 

$334,622 

$446,449 

$583,386 

$558,369 

$350,673 

$869,197 

$641,528 

$4,473,136 

SACRAMENTO  COUNTY. 

$53,400 

$62,180 
316 

229,034 
2.882 
6.763 

$78,198 

$120,000 

$30,000 

$135,000 

$108,000 

$128,624 

$63,491 

Gold   

Granite   

Macadam    

Natural  Gas    

Platinum    

176,007 
3.139 
14,157 
11.750 

425.894 

136 

19.064 

31,200 

335,646 

2,222 

17,225 

30,518 

419.287 
4.458 
21,457 
39,200 

668.382 

1.614 

20,326 

43,564 

700 

12,060 

206 

986,624 

1,779 

17,426 

52.874 

200 

715 

3.640 

790,973 
4.625 
9.736 
52.874 

1,166,055 
44,151 
147.649 
55,000 

Rubble    

1,163 

544 

316 
330 

951 
234 

246 
75 

4,200 
2,034 

3.828 
1,621 

Silver   

986 

$245,74r 

Totals    

$259,439 

$302,882 

$555,138 

$506,796 

$515,123 

$881,852 

$1,171,258 

$993,066 

$1,481,795 

$6,913,096 

(52) 


PRODUCTS   BY  VALUES— 1900-1908. 


SAN    BERNARDINO    COUNTY. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Grand  Total. 

Borax    

Brick    

$999,350 

$898,130 

15,000 

159,842 

7,875 

20,000 

399,693 

4,630 

$2,198,600 

1,800 

273,600 

41,008 

11,600 

394,936 

$495,000 

4,000 

157,000 

7.852 

10,000 

381,197 

$17,500 

$13,500 

$15,555 

$7,350 

Cement    

121,000 

297,600 

20,000 

247,949 

5,600 

17,270 

$8,206 

65,000 

473,893 

5,330 

99,207 

102,856 

71,079 

200 

180,511 

4,029 

70,000 

17,218 

Gems    

Gold   

Granite   

595,828 
250 

354,830 
7,173 

158,676 
2,948 

Lead    

Lime    

Limestone    

Macadam    

Marble   

400 

33,261 

7,067 

15,000 

20 

43,028 

76,710 

3,300 

2,076 
65,832 
51,578 

6,100 

15.600 

19.000 

167,300 

504 
28,692 
64,613 
71,000 
41,600 
14,650 
181,311 

1,822 

8,600 

139,188 

375 

29.946 

28,125 

116,494 

21,500 
42,575 
7,000 
53,400 
10,000 
141.686 

14,740 
51,395 
9,000 
40,000 
28,000 
104,867 

17,146 
35.990 
1,825 
25,000 
16,000 
13.478 

97,466 
176.696 

500 
29,688 
20,829 

650 

Paving  Blocks.  ... 

Rubble   

Salt    

2,500 
42,657 

7,400 
151,447 

2,000 
13,025 

Silver    

172,759 

57,164 

58,972 

59,199 

19,595 

33,765 
5,500 

81,339 

35,704 

$3,372,338 

Totals   

$1,965,143 

$1,844,239 

$3,308,002 

$1,516,618 

$922,034 

$820,026 

$623,414 

$685,924 

$711,920 

$15,769,658 

SAN    BENITO  COUNTY. 

Asphalt    

$2,472 

Bituminous  Rock. 

$2,630 

$2,820 
16,500 

Lime    

Limestone    

Macadam    

$8,800 

100 

13,000 

$15,000 
32,494 
32,500 

$8,453 

10,164 

$22,000 

$23  200              16500 

$23,000 

48,661 

60,400 

(53) 


PRODUCTS   BY  VALUES— 1900-1908. 


SAN    BENITO   COUNTY— Continued. 

Sl-bstances. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Grand  Total. 

$125 
242,300 

$150 
306,081 

$400 
344.251 

$500 
279.651 

$3,120 
262,909 

$2,600 
292,878 

$2,600 
405,792 

Quicksilver    

180,000 

$314,000 

$130,000 

Totals    

$205,650 

$255,219 

$328,231 

$367,851 

$332,972 

$360,145 

$289,029 

$352,592 

$488,112 

$3,099,801 

SAN    DIEGO    COUNTY. 

Brick    

$3,261 

$5,791 

$3,440 

$11,150 

$23,700 

$28,350 
750 

66,000 
109,712 

10,250 

$34,900 
284.500 

$36,430 

2,659 

206,336 

7,455 

23,650 

52 

$16,719 

Gems    

Gold    

Granite     

500 

335,937 

9,900 

20,000 

413,320 

22,400 

150,000 

338,877 

13,175 

100.000 

461,516 

16,308 

136,000 

334,697 

7,851 

121.500 
6,920 
10.000 

10,250 

Lithia  Mica 

11,000 

27,500 

31,880 

27,300 

25,000 

276 

34,583 

12,000 

2,000 

28,500 

55,000 

35 

Mineral  Water .  .  . 
Rubble    

3.250 
14,403 

4,000 
19,810 

3,000 
6,887 
9,620 
6,004 

1,289 

14,175 

7,900 

1,994 

3,000 
42,597 

[ 

11,772 

2,539 

60,000 

86 

200,192 

16,507 

49,738 
5.000 

1,444 

100 

10 

Silver    ........... 

$214,634 

Totals    

$402,061 

$514,522 

$562,730 

$663,315 

$727,540 

$231,945 

$384,388 

$374,117 

$264,119 

$4,339,371 

SAN    FRANCISCO    COUNTY. 

$60,000 
434,140 

$15,000 
345,155 

Brick    .$23S,800 

$294,326 

$367,911 

$310,685 

$58,289 
10,500 

i               1 

(54) 


PRODUCTS   BY   VALUES— 1900-1908. 


SAN 

FRANCISCO 

COUNTY- 

-Continued. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Grand  Total. 

Macadam    

Rubble   

$1,500 
56,900 

$142,500 
14,447 

$110,000 
46,300 

$35,450 
473,010 

$17,500 
314,720 

$79,675 
65.682 

$54,250 
52,000 

$64,988 
32,285 

$41,111 
54,148 



$30,000 

Totals   

$58,400 

$156,947 

$395,100 

$802,786 

$700,131 

$456,042 

$175,039 

$591,413 

$455,414 

$3,821,272 

SAN  JOAQUIN  COUNTY. 

$2,730 

Brick    

Clay 

$20,000 

$20,000 

$45,000 

$68,000 

$49,500 

$81,000 

$189,560 
13,000 

$90 

1,080 
49,194 

Natural   Gas    .... 
Rubble 

19,862 

60,456 

67,868 

44,399 



47,635 

53,915 
25,000 

55,115 

52,725 

$214,835 

Totals   

$39,862 

$80,456 

$70,598 

$44,489 

$92,635 

$146,915 

$104,615 

$133,723 

$252,834 

$1,180,962 

SAN    LUIS  OBISPO   COUNTY. 

$30,000 

33.070 

5,200 

300 

$40,000 
2.327 
7,650 
2,399 

$90,000 

8,128 

16,000 

316 



Bituminous  Rock. 
Brick    

$12,905 
4,000 

$7,572 

6,000 

1,840 

8,000 

100 

$6,344 

3,200 

300 

6,000 

$6,344 
2,400 

$21,875 
12,900 



$630 
20.000 

10,500 

Lime 

600 
3,000 
1,000 

6,000 

800 

1.000 

1,056 

(55) 


PRODUCTS   BY  VALUES— 1900-1908. 


SAN  LUrs  OBISPO  COUNTY— Continued. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Grand  Total. 

$16,845 
95,743 

$5,000 

36,648 

900 

Quicksilver    

Rubble   

$23,886 
44,835 

$41,513 

$147,215 

$183,530 

47,583 

2,791 

$176,616 
16,000 
45,000 

$133,748 
15,000 
25,000 

$128,152 

25,000 

$218,205 

Totals    

$85,626 

$116,083 

$200,391 

$257,416 

$259,246 

$189,592 

$172,396 

$231,632 

$78,379 

$1,808,966 

SAN    MATEO   COUNTY. 

$255 
9,070 



Brick    

Clay      

$9,000 

$8,000 
5,625 

$77,500 

$56,436 

$61,436 

$67,000 

$86,285 

$63,231 

17,451 
89,142 

Macadam    

7,500 

6,000 

1,120 

15,666 

6,000 

98,200 

62,500 

36,823 

2,111 

Rubble 

300,000 
16,000 

150.000 
25,000 

75,000 
67,500 

75,000 
44,920 

Salt      

400 

56,000 

60,900 

Totals    

$16,500 

$15,725 

$330,745 

$252,500 

$238,802 

$203,936 

$223,743 

$144,396 

$230,724 

$1,657,071 

SANTA    BARBARA    COUNTY. 

Asphalt    

$105,500 
40,960 

$55,800 
9,825 

$12,590 

12,200 

200 

$41,688 
46,200 

$190,000 
8,420 

$30,000 

34,750 

725 

$250,000 

1,600 

250 

$258,549 
14,650 

$70,000 
7,500 

Gold    

2,500 

2,172 

15,925 
30.000 
40,000 

112,282 

15,000 

13.800 

28,948 

32,012 

Limestone   

3,602 

25,000 

12,000 

7,500 

16,000 

30,000 

33,160 

(56) 


PRODUCTS   BY  VALUES— 1900-1908. 


SANTA  BARBARA  COUNTY-^Continued. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Grand  Total. 

Macadam    

Mineral    Water.  .  . 

Natural  Gas   

Petroleum   

$162 

10,350 

2,966 

165. 13S 

$9,600 
21,450 

$272 

10.450 

500 

1,237,250 

$60,200 

438 

113,385 

$60,200 

375 

181,313 

$22,280 

320 

149,640 

$18,249 

1,500 

445,560 

$24,250 

300 

4,166,661 

2,289 

4,950 

37,566 

$4  9  3'' 

357,806 
4.423,794 

1,413,600 

2,070 

48,192 

18,330 

Rubble   

Sandstone    

80.000 
117,260 

33,400 
27,100 

4.395 
34,240 

9,460 
25,230 

10,930 
6,545 

21.500 

3,600 

$89,254 

Totals   

' 

$528,438 

$300,148 

$315,550 

$384,688 

$791,611 

$1,601,217 

$1,564,814 

$4,568,163 

$4,946,679 

$15,090,562 

SANTA  CLARA  COUNTY. 

$255 

$132 

47 

188,284 



Bituminous  Rock. 

Brick    

Clay    

$136,000 
6,000 

94,570 

$178,662 

$178,581 

$204,357 
1.050 

$183,676 
1.500 

$255,424 

$63,618 

1,200 

3.500 
16,694 

10,017 

1.417 

45.142 

Limestone   

6,000 

7,000 

15,000 

917 

300 

8,500 

12,000 

Magnesite    

Mineral  Water. . . 

253 
8,060 

5.500 

12,500 

3,966 

233,130 

100 

225,000 

12.500 

13,860 

148,103 

1,200 

14,555 

95,968 

3,000 

150,000 

1,250 
2,800 
94,608 

2,187 

5,525 

96,086 

39,955 

17,700 

103.984 

Quicksilver     

241,073 

236,608 

254,260 

Sandstone    

100,000 

80,000 

31,500 

$82,254 

Totals    

$497,386 

$421,150 

$471,122 

$670,159 

$365,044 

$470,130 

$298,834 

$379,416 

$281,833 

$3,937,328 

(57) 


PRODUCTS   BY  VALUES— 1900-1908. 


SANTA  CRUZ  COUNTY. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Grand  Total. 

Asphalt    

$1,060 
41,084 

Bituminous  Rocli. 
Clay    

$58,590 

$30,654 
30 

$45,190 

$12,500 

$38,860 

$64,707 

$85,123 

28,400 

336 

119,996 

2,167 

19,736 

140 

185.442 

2,725 

20,750 

Lime    

Limestone     

131,288 
1,213 

161,500 
3,595 

161,302 
1,850 

$306,775 

199,974 

52,125 

1,750 

347,490 
55,242 
3,500 

241,179 

6,000 

14,800 

1.750 
1.175 

Rubble   

$812,373 

Totals    

$191,091 

$195,779 

$205,296 

$254,247 

$309,700 

$296,349 

$445,092 

$326,686 

$255,758 

$3,292,371 

SHASTA  COUNTY. 

Brick    

Clirome   

$12,000 

1.400 

4,166.735 

733.467 

$12,000 

1,950 

4,881,048 

927,975 
2.000 

$12,250 

4,275 

2.496,731 

878,706 

$17,500 

2,250 

2,171,497 

771,242 

$15,000 

1,470 

3.439,974 

1,031,429 

$14,000 

300 

1,688.614 

684,952 

$22,000 

1,200 

4,338,121 

819,144 

$33,000 

5,200 

5,568,873 

791,997 

$12,000 

5,600 

4,642,976 

1,131,832 

Gold    

400 
31,900 
30,761 

17,850 
1,150 

12,960 

12,500 
3,600 

10,800 
5.400 
1,500 

12,000 

5,500 

203,991 

10,500 

8,000 
3,600 

8,040 
32,960 

9,100 

80,000 

25,000 

20,000 

539,553 

517,596 

Limestone   

Mineral   Water .  .  . 

5,784 

7,644 

7.645 

7,005 

306,887 

12,000 

5,500 
197,364 
370,211 

89,895 
434,483 

635,640 

891,994 

399,660 

167,548 

$41,120 

Totals    

$5,574,026 

$6,737,571 

$3,730,049 

$3,201,680 

$4,898,033 

$2,579,014 

$5,745,843 

$7,084,706 

$6,983,657 

$46,575,699 

(58) 


PRODUCTS   BY  VALUES— 1900-1908. 


SIERRA  COUNTY. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Grand  Total. 

Gold    

$659,696 

$575,427 

$326,155 

6,000 

311 

$310,770 

$374,763 

$517,303 

$409,366 

$483,904 
12,000 
2,621 

$412,626 

3.463 

476 

1,222 

3,687 

2,518 

1,917 

Totals    

$663,159 

$576,182 

$332,466 

$311,246 

$375,985 

$520,990 

$411,884 

$498,525 

$414,543 

$4,104,980 

SISKIYOU    COUNTY. 

$23 
906,989 

$39 

398,017 

140 

1,000 

300 

36,250 

Gold    

Lead 

$951,397 

$886,043 

$613,576 

$892,685 

$803,035 

$504,156 

183 

1,680 



Mineral   Water.  .  . 

45,000 

175,000 

187,500 

50,000 

50,000 
21 

80,000 

93 

39,000 
12,897 
3,037 

1,250 
2,499 

$1,500 

1.485 
6,125 

13,9S6 

6,408 

233 

22 

1,230 

'ji,"2'oV,732 

Totals    

$1,010,383 

$1,067,451 

$1,094,745 

$663,598 

$943,936 

$806,877 

$1,500 

$490,680 

$593,629 

$7,875,531 

SOLAN 

O   COUNTY 

$25,000 

$7,000 

$150,000 

4  9 

1 

Lime    

$200 

$1,000 

! 

1 

1 

1 

1 

(59) 


PRODUCTS   BY  VALUES— 1900-1908. 


SOLANO  COUNTY— Cont 

inued. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Grand  Total. 

Limestone    

Macadam    

Mineral  Water.  .  . 

$1,600 
17.900 
4.000 

$4,950 
1,200 
4,450 

$100,000 
75.011 
4.000 

$13,000 
4,000 

$17,725 
4,000 

$10,273 
4,000 

$135,077 
4,000 

$191,231 
4,000 
6,584 
2,978 
24,422 
7,937 
600 

$518,883 
11,600 
8,053 
7,008 
33,294 
1,428 
2,800 

Paving  Blocks .... 
Quicksilver    

1.000 

1.000 

1.250 
1,890 

3.500 

4,100 

240 

525 

15,080 

315 

3.562 
18,518 

4,988 

19,272 

3,422 

Rubble   

Salt   

is.VsV.sis 



Totals   

$24,700 

$12,600 

$170,140 

$404,614 

$30,193 

$201,091 

$166,759 

$262,752 

$590,066 

$7,098,434 

SONOMA  COUNTY. 

Brick    

Clay    

$2,360 

$1,200 

$1,200 

$1,440 

$1,750 

$4,000 

$115,000 

$133,479 

10,700 

50 

$83,000 
3,000 

300 

9,800 
4,480 

9,351 
1,680 

566 

2,250 
10.350 

2,600 

20,149 

1.250 

10,226 
1,225 

30,000 

455 

105 

9,100 

82,227 

64,685 

9,864 

140,545 

29.774 

57.919 
180 

320 
4,000 
80,492 
98.676 

577 

Mineral  Water. .  . 
Paving  Blocks... . 
Quicksilver   

35.000 
20.275 
99,500 

17,691 
32,675 
95,850 

4,400 

65,197 

102,829 

400 

4,000 
66,785 
97,041 

6.500 

4.000 
128,444 
75.555 

4,200 
112,707 
21,369 

1,000 

228,630 

24,939 

20,850 

$15,000 

Totals   

$157,135 

$173,174 

$198,803 

$195,369 

$187,176 

$318,871 

$353,073 

$306,594 

$420,084 

$2,325,279 

(60) 


PRODUCTS   BY   VALUES— 1900-1908. 


STANISLAUS    COUNTY.* 
•  U.  S.  Geological  Survey  reports  gold  and  silver  for  Merced  and  Stanislaus   counties   together. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Grand  Total. 

$7,000 

$12,494 

15,700 

375 

$18,676 

$15,080 

52,869 

2,400 

$931 

50,000 

1,600 

20 

Gold*     

$21,212 
193 

$50,000 
2,125 

$3,364 
1,720 

Mineral  Paint 

350 

$1,720 

2.000 

Rubble 

74,000 

256 

265 

240 

28 

$82,317 

Totals   

$21,405 

$29,169 

$19,026 

$70,605 

$52,816 

$52,365 

$1,720 

$5,112 

$83,000 

$417,535 

SUTTER  COUNTY. 

$5,000 

$5,000 

t'ehama  county. 

Brick    

$2,200 

$2,000 
4.000 

$3,500 

$4,500 
2,500 

$3,500 

$5,000 
4,000 

$5,600 
4,000 

$3,200 
55,000 

$3,000 

2.000 

300 

Salt    

Totals    

$2,200 

$6,000 

$3,500 

$7,000 

$3,500 

$9,000 

$9,600 

$58,200 

$5,300 

$104,300 

TRINITY    COUNTY.                                                                                                                                          1 

$761 

684,683 

5,500 

Gold    

Granite   

$571,605 
4,535 

$719,992 

$607  728          S574  S14 

$690,844 

$560,843 

$535,316 

$602,944 

200 

468 
10,251 

450 
13,917 

130 
6.059 

Quicksilver    

105,982 

58,668 

3,739 

3,804 

(61) 


PRODUCTS   BY  VALUES— 1900-1908. 


TRINrXY  COUNTY— Continued. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908.       1  Grand  Total. 
! 

$550 

$2,085 

$135 

$4,269 

' 

$110,975 

Totals   

$698,689 

$752,280 

$731,261 

$621,244 

$579,088 

$708,255 

,  $570,013 

$541,454 

$611,017 

$5,924,276 

TULARE   COUNTY. 

Brick    

$6,100 

$8,600 

$27,000 

500 

11,648 

4,000 

$9,500 

500 

9,215 

2,260 

$10,000 

$16,000 
5,000 
2,300 
9,000 

$12,000 

209,790 

20 

9,000 

$20,000 

$18,000 
62,250 

Gold   

10,445 

3,000 

S8 

1,500 

14,616 
18,000 

1,100 
16,000 

Gypsum   

Magnesite    

Rubble   

2,200 
21,420 

28,210 

19,250 

19,600 
100 

9,100 

52,642 

Silver    

433 

100 

13 

$50,108 

Totals   

$21,566 

$69,526 

$62,398 

$41,175 

$36,200 

$32,313 

$230,810 

$69,826 

$132,892 

$746,814 

TUOLUMNE    COUNTY. 

$1,379 

$17,920 
1,791,829 

Gold    

$1,596,891 

$1,670,368 

$1,732,572 
14,020 

$1,563,907 
9,700 

$1,291,726 
9,700 

1,039,675 
9,700 

$806,876 

$798,752 

Lead 

16 

1,600 

1,000 

1,000 

125,000 

69,500 

6.500 

47,165 

11,732 



Marble   

14,000 
6,580 

28.875 
13,989 

28,750 
12,963 

66,000 
•      21,348 

46,000 
8,476 

60.120 
6,453 

Silver  

Totals   

62,367 

39,787 

$1,659,258 

$1,710,171 

$1,830,329 

$1,791,056 

$1,615,320 

$1,389,774 

$1,106,230 

$998,449 

$933,649 

$13,034,236 

(62) 


PRODUCTS   BY   VALUES— 1900-1908. 


VENTURA   COUNTY. 

Substances. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Grand  Total. 

Asphalt    

?31,670 

$30,945 
60,000 

$370 

$13,368 

140,000 

12,900 

$38,028 

$30,000 

$37,000 

Brick    

Clav    

1,700 

10,400 

45 

1,200 

11,650 

$12,800 

$1,500 
1,680 

Gold    

2,562 
28,629 

4,183 

2,012 

1,087 

2,700 

Granite    

2,100 
3,800 

6,400 

2,500 

3.000 

2,700 

465,682 

31,227 

3,500 

5,000 

236,578 

60,490 

1,380 

1,000 
155,500 

2,278 
211,334 
20,880 

4,531 

217,219 

9,006 

Petroleum    

Rubble          

398,700 
6,550 
6,250 

236,028 

16,764 

2,650 

455,000 

22,500 

1,600 

4 

517,611 

23,000 

900 

Sandstone    

792 

$830,853 

Totals    

$476, 161 

$350,570 

$483,986 

$714,766 

$546,837 

$345,093 

$205,492 

$247,292 

$240,336 

$4,441,386 

YOLO 

COUNTY. 

Sandstone    

$1,760 

$2,300 

$450 

$144 

$720 

$200 

$204 

$350 

$1,150 

$7,278 

YUBA 

COUNTY. 

$3,000 

750 

139,528 

$10,000 

Clay    

$80 
324,135 

Gold    

$280,366 

$188,908 

$155,630 

$125,830 

$1,766,770 

2,034,486 
5,750 

800 
369 

$800 

720 
6,187 

Silver    

4,625 

846 

2 

41 

9,997 

$565,004 

Totals   

$284,631 

$189,754 

$155,632 

$125,871 

$143,278 

$325,384 

$800 

$1,773,677 

$2,060,233 

$5,624,304 

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SUMMARY   BY   COUNTIES— VALUE    OF   MINERAL   PRODUCTS,   1900-1908. 


Alpine   $55,735 

Alameda  7,278,702 

Amador   18,002,204 

Butte    17.548,233 

Calaveras   20,155,558 

Colusa 1,856.798 

Contra  Costa 2,558.624 

Del  Norte  85,107 

El  Dorado 4,088,293 

Fresno    19,113,606 

Humboldt    670,110 

Imperial  38,272 

Inyo   3,175,380 

Kern    45,755,800 

Kings 174,400 

Lake 2,260,957 

Lassen    486,638 

Los  Angeles 25,580.851 

Madera  2,217,317 

JIarin 1,942,045 


Mariposa   $4,013,995 

Mendocino 148,370 

Merced 247,692 

Mono  4,551,875 

Monterey 684,975 

Napa  .." 6,188,251 

Nevada 22.657,742 

Orange    9,-546,336 

Placer   8,100,019 

Plumas    2,924,.393 

Riverside  4,473,136 

Sacramento  6,913,096 

San  Benito   3,099,801 

San  Bernardino 15,769,658 

San  Diego 4,339,371 

San  Francisco 3,821,272 

San  Joaquin 1,180,962 

San  Luis  Obispo 1,808,966 

San  Mateo 1,657,071 

Santa  Barbara 15,090,562 


Santa  Clara $3,937,328 

Santa  Cruz 3,292,371 

Shasta    46,575,699 

Sierra 4,104,980 

Siskij-ou 7,875,531 

Solano 7,098,434 

Sonoma 2,325,279 

Stanislaus   417,535 

Suttert   5,000 

Tehama 104,300 

Trinity 5,924,276 

Tulare    746,814 

Tuolumne 13,034,236 

Ventura 4,441,386 

Yolo 7,278 

Yuba  5,624,304 

Total  ....: $395,491,878 


'  Including  amounts  heretofore   unapportioned  for  period, 
f  Sutter  County  first  reports  production  in   1908. 


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CORPORATION  AND  MINING  LAWS. 


CHAPTER  CDXXXir. 

An  act  to  repeal  Title  XI  of  Part  IV  of  Division  First  of  the  Civil 
Code  and  each  and  every  section  of  said  title,  and  to  siihstitute  a 
new  Title  XI  to  take  the  place  thereof  in  said  code,  relating  to 
mining  corporations. 

[Approved  March  21,  1905.] 
The  people  of  the  State  of  California,  represented  in  senat,c  and  assem- 
bly, do  enact  as  follows  : 
Section  1.  Title  XI  of  Part  IV  of  Division  First  of  the  Civil 
Code  aud  eacli  and  every  section  of  said  title  are  liereby  repealed,  and 
a  new  Title  XI  is  substituted  in  place  thereof  in  said  code,  to  read 
as  follows : 

TITLE   XI. 

MINING    CORPORATIONS. 

Sec.  5S6.  Transfer  agencies. 

587.  Stock  Issued  at  transfer  agencies. 

587a.  Consolidation  of  mining  corporations. 

5SS.  Books  and  balance   sheets  to  be  kept  by  secretary.     Stock- 
holders' right  to  inspect. 

589.  Right  of  stockholders  to  visit  mine  with  expert. 

590.  Liability  of  presidents  and  directors. 


§  586.     Any   corporation   organized   in    this   state   for   the   purpose 

of  mining  or  carrying  on  mining  operations  in  or  without  this  state, 

may  establish  and   maintain   agencies  in   other  states   of   the   United 

States,  for  the  transfer  and  issuing  of  their  stock;  and  a  transfer  or 

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issue  of  the  same  at  any  such  transfer  agency,  in  accordance  with 
the  provisions  of  its  by-laws,  is  valid  and  binding  as  fully  and 
effectuallj'  for  all  purposes  as  if  made  upon  the  books  of  such  corpora- 
tion at  its  principal  office  within  this  state.  The  agencies  must  be 
governed  by  the  by-laws  and  the  directors  of  the  corporation. 

§  5S7.  All  stock  of  any  such  corporation,  issued  at  a  transfer 
agency,  must  be  signed  by  the  president  and  secretary  of  the  corpora- 
tion, and  countersigned  at  the  time  of  its  issue  by  the  agent  having 
charge  of  the  transfer  agency.  No  stock  must  be  issued  at  a  transfer 
agency  unless  the  certificate  of  stock,  in  lieu  of  which  the  same  is 
issued,  is  at  the  time  surrendered  for  cancellation. 

§  5S7a.  It  is  lawful  for  two  or  more  corporations  formed,  or  that 
may  hereafter  be  formed,  under  the  laws  of  this  state,  for  mining 
purposes,  which  own  or  possess  mining  claims  or  lands  adjoining  each 
other,  or  lying  in  the  same  vicinity,  to  consolidate  their  capital  stock, 
debts,  property,  assets,  and  franchises,  in  such  manner  and  upon  such 
terms  as  may  be  agreed  upon  by  the  respective  boards  of  directors  or 
trustees  of  such  corporations  so  desiring  to  consolidate  their  interests ; 
but  no  such  consolidation  must  take  place  without  the  written  consent 
of  the  stockholders  representing  two  thirds  of  the  capital  stock  of 
each  corporation,  and  no  such  consolidation  can,  in  any  way,  relieve 
such  corporations,  or  the  stockholders  thereof,  from  any  and  all  just 
liabilities ;  and  in  case  of  such  consolidation,  due  notice  of  the  same 
must  be  given,  by  advertising,  for  one  month,  in  at  least  one  newspaper 
in  the  county  where  the  said  mining  property  is  situated,  if  there  is 
one  published  therein,   and  also   in  one  newspaper  published   in   the 


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county  where  the  principal  place  of  business  of  any  of  said  corpora- 
tion is.  And  when  the  consolidation  is  completed,  a  certificate  thereof, 
containing  the  manner  and  terms  of  such  consolidation,  must  be  filed 
in  the  office  of  the  county  clerk  of  the  county  in  which  the  original 
certificate  of  incorporation  of  each  of  said  corporations  is  filed,  and  a 
copy  thereof  must  be  filed  in  the  oflice  of  the  secretary  of  state ;  such 
certificate  must  be  signed  by  a  majority  of  each  board  of  trustees  or 
directors  of  the  original  corporations,  and  it  is  their  duty  to  call, 
within  thirty  days  after  the  filing  of  such  certificate,  a  meeting  of  the 
stockholders  of  all  of  said  corporations  so  consolidated,  to  elect  a 
board  of  trustees  or  directors  for  the  consolidated  corporation,  for 
the  year  thence  next  ensuing ;  and  to  cause  notice  of  the  time  and 
place  fixed  for  such  meeting  to  be  mailed  to  each  stockholder  of  each 
of  such  corporations  at  his  last  known  place  of  residence  or  business 
at  least  ten  days  before  the  time  fixed  for  such  meeting.  The  said 
certificate  must  also  contain  all  the  requirements  prescribed  by  section 
two  hundred  and  ninety. 

§  5SS.  It  is  the  duty  of  the  secretary  of  e\'ery  corporation  formed 
for  the  purpose  of  mining,  or  conducting  mining  in  California,  whether 
such  corporation  be  formed  and  organized  under  the  laws  of  the  State 
of  California  or  of  any  other  -state,  territory,  or  foreign  country,  to 
keep  at  some  place  within  the  State  of  California  an  office  and  in 
such  office  to  keep  a  complete  set  of  books  showing  all  receipts  and 
expenditures  of  such  corporation,  the  sources  of  such  receipts,  and 
the  objects  of  such  expenditures,  and  also  all  transfers  of  stock.  All 
books  and  papers  must,  at  all  times  during  business  hours,  be  open 
to  the  inspection  of  any  stockholder.  He  is  entitled  to  be  accompanied 
by  an  expert,  and  to  make  copies  or  extracts  from  any  such  books  or 
papers.  He  may,  at  reasonable  hours,  examine  such  mining  property, 
accompanied  by  an  expert,  take  samples,  and  make  such  other  examina- 
tion as  he  may  deem  necessary.  It  is  the  duty  of  the  directors,  on  the 
second  Monday   of  each  and  every   month,   to  cause  to  be  made  an 

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itemized  account  or  balance  sheet  for  the  previous  month,  embracing 
a  full  and  complete  statement  of  all  disbursements  and  receipts,  show- 
ing from  what  sources  such  receipts  were  derived,  and  to  whom  and 
for  what  object  or  purpose  such  disbursements  or  payments  were 
made ;  also  all  indebtedness  or  liabilities  incurred  or  existing  at  the 
time,  and  for  what  the  same  were  incurred,  and  the  balance  of  money, 
if  any,  on  hand.  Such  account  or  balance  sheet  must  be  verified 
under  oath  by  the  president  and  secretary,  and  posted  in  some  con- 
spicuous place  in  the  office  of  the  company.  It  is  the  duty  of  the 
superintendent,  on  the  first  Monday  of  each  month,  to  file  with  the 
secretarj'  an  itemized  account,  verified  under  oath,  showing  all  receipts 
and  disbursements  made  by  him  for  the  previous  month,  and  for  what 
said  disbursements  were  made.  Such  account  must  also  contain  a 
verified  statement  showing  the  number  of  men  employed  under  him, 
and  for  what  purpose,  and  the  rate  of  wages  paid  to  each.  He  must 
attach  to  such  account  a  full  and  complete  report,  under  oath,  of  the 
work  done  in  said  mine,  the  amount  of  ore  extracted,  from  what  part 
of  mine  taken,  the  amount  sent  to  mill  for  reduction,  its  assay  value, 
the  amount  of  bullion  received,  the  amount  of  bullion  shipped  to  the 
office  of  the  company  or  elsewhere,  and  the  amount,  if  any,  retained 
by  the  superintendent.  It  is  his  duty  to  forward  to  the  office  of  the 
company  a  full  report,  under  oath,  of  all  discoveries  of  ores  or  mineral- 
bearing  quartz  made  in  said  mine,  whether  by  boring,  drifting,  sinking, 
or  otherwise,  together  with  the  assay  value  thereof.  All  accounts, 
reports,  and  correspondence  from  the  superintendent  must  be  kept  in 
some  conspicuous  place  in  the  office  of  said  company,  open  to  the 
inspection  of  all  stockholders. 

§  589:  Any  stockholder  of  a  corporation  formed  under  the  laws  of 
this  state  for  the  purpose  of  mining,  is  entitled  to  visit,  accompanied 
by  his  expert,  and  examine  the  mine  or  mines  owned  by  such  corpora- 
tion, and  every  part  thereof,  at  any  time  he  may  see  fit;  and  when  such 
stockholder  applies  to  the  president  of  such  corporation,  he  must  im- 


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mediately  cause  the  secretary  thereof  to  issue  and  deliver  to  such 
applicant  an  order,  under  the  seal  of  the  corporation,  directed  to  the 
superintendent,  commanding  him  to  show  and  exhibit  such  parts  of 
said  mine  or  mines  as  the  party  named  in  said  order  may  desire  to 
visit  and  examine.  It  is  the  duty  of  the  superintendent,  on  receiving 
such  order,  to  furnish  such  stockholder  every  facility  for  making  a 
full  and  complete  inspection  of  said  mine  or  mines,  and  of  the  work- 
ings therein,  and  to  accompany  said  stockholder  either  in  person,  or 
lo  furnish  some  person  familiar  with  said  mine  or  mines  to  accompany 
him  in  his  visit  to  and  through  such  mine  or  mines,  and  every  part 
thereof.  If  the  superintendent  fails  to  obey  such  order,  such  stock- 
holder is  entitled  to  recover,  in  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction, 
against  the  cori'oration,  the  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars,  and  traveling 
expenses  to  and  from  the  mine,  as  liquidated  damages,  together  with 
costs  of  suit.  In  case  of  such  refusal,  it  is  the  duty  of  the  directors 
of  the  corporation  forthwith  to  remove  the  officer  so  refusing,  and 
thereafter  he  must  not  be  employed  directly  or  indirectly  by  the  cor- 
poration, nor  must  any  salary  be  paid  to  him. 

S  .590.  In  case  of  the  refusal  or  neglect  of  the  president  to  cause  to 
lie  issued  by  the  secretary  the  order  mentioned  in  eection  five  hundred 
and  eighty-nine,  such  stockholder  is  entitled  to  recover  against  said 
president  the  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars  and  costs,  as  provided  in 
the  last  section.  If  the  directors  fail  to  have  the  reports  and  accounts 
current  made  and  posted  as  provided  in  section  five  hundred  and 
eighty-eight,  they  are  liable,  either  severally  or  jointly,  to  an  action 
by  any  stockholder  complaining  thereof,  and  on  proof  of  such  refusal 
or  failure,  he  may  recover  judgment  for  actual  damages  sustained  by 
him,  with  costs  of  suit.  Each  of  .«uch  defaulting  directors  is  also 
liable  to  removal  for  such  neglect. 


CORPORATION  LICENSE  TAX  UW. 


[As  approved  March  20.  1905;  amended,  approved  June  13,  1906; 
amended,  approved  March  19,  1907  ;  amended,  approved  March 
20,   1907  ;  amended,  appi-oved  March   19,    1909.] 

Section  1.  No  corporation  heretofore  or  hereafter  incorporated 
under  the  laws  of  this  state,  or  of  any  other  state,  shall  do  or  attempt 
to  do  business  by  virtue  of  its  charter  or  certificate  of  incorporation, 
in  this  state,  without  a  state  license  therefor.  [Amended,  approved 
June  13,  1906.] 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  corporation  incorporated  under 
the  laws  of  this  state,  and  of  every  foreign  corporation  now  doing 
business,  or  which  shall  hereafter  engage  in  business  in  this  state, 
to  procure  annually  from  the  secretary  of  state  a  license  authorizing 
the  transaction  of  such  business  in  this  state,  and  shall  pay  therefor 
a  license  tax  as  follows : 

When  the  authorized  capital  stock  of  the  corporation  does  not 
exceed  ten  thousand  dollars  (§10,000)  the  tax  shall  be  ten  dollars 
($10.00)  ;  when  the  authorized  capital  stock  exceeds  ten  thousand 
dollars  (.?10,000)  but  does  not  exceed  twenty  thousand  dollars 
($20,000)  the  tax  shall  be  fifteen  dollars  (?15.00)  ;  when  the  author- 
ized capital  stock  exceeds  twenty  thousand  dollars  ($20,000)  but  does 
not  exceed  fifty  thousand  dollars  ($50,000)  the  tax  shall  be  twenty 
dollars  ($20.00)  ;  when  the  authorized  capital  stock  exceeds  fifty 
thousand  dollars  ($50,000)  but  does  not  exceed  one  hundred  thousand 
dollars  ($100,000)  the  tax  shall  be  twenty-five  dollars  ($25.00)  ;  when 
the  authorized  capital  stock  exceeds  one  hundred  thousand  dollars 
($100,000)  but  does  not  exceed  two  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars 


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($250,000)  the  tax  shall  be  fifty  dollars  ($50.00)  ;  when  the  authorized 
capital  stock  exceeds  two  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars  ($250,000) 
but  does  not  exceed  five  hundred  thousand  dollars  (.$.500,000)  the  tax 
shall  be  seventy-five  dollars  ($75.00)  ;  when  the  authorized  capital 
stock  exceeds  five  hundred  thousand  dollars  ($500,000)  but  does  not 
exceed  two  million  dollars  ($2,000,000)  the  tax  shall  be  one  hundred 
dollars  ($100.00)  ;  when  the  authorized  capital  stock  exceeds  two 
million  dollars  ($2,000,000)  but  does  not  exceed  five  million  dollars 
($5,000,000)  the  tax  shall  be  two  hundred  dollars  ($200.00)  ;  when 
the  authorized  capital  stock  exceeds  five  million  dollars  ($5,000,000) 
the  tax  shall  be  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  ($250.00). 

Said  license  tax  or  fee  shall  be  due  and  payable  on  the  first  day  of 
July  of  each  and  every  year  to  the  secretary  of  state  who  shall  pay 
the  same  into  the  state  treasury.  If  not  paid  on  or  before  the  hour 
of  four  o'clock  P.  M.  of  the  first  day  of  September  next  thereafter, 
the  same  shall  become  delinquent  and  there  shall  be  added  thereto,  as 
a  penalty  for  such  delinquency,  the  sum  of  ten  dollars. 

The  license  tax  or  fee  hereby  provided  authorizes  the  corporation  to 
transact  its  business  during  the  year  or  for  any  fractional  part  of 
such  year  in  which  such  license  tax  or  fee  is  paid.  "Year,"  within  the 
meaning  of  this  act,  means  from  and  including  the  first  day  of  July 
to  and  including  the  thirtieth  day  of  June  next  thereafter.  [Amended, 
approved  March  19,  1907.] 

Sec.  2a.  At  the  time  of  filing  a  certified  copy  of  articles  of  incor- 
poration ot  any  corporation  when  filed  on  or  between  the  first  day 
of  July  and  the  thirtieth  day  of  September,  in  any  year,  there  shall 
be  paid,  in  addition  to  all  other  fees  required  by  law  to  be  paid  to  the 
secretary  of  state,  the  full  amount  of  the  license  (ax  provided  to  be 
paid  in  section  two  of  this  act ;  when  filed  on  or  between  (ho  first  day 
of  October  and  the  thirty-first  day  of  December,  in  any  year,  a 
sum  equal  to  three  fourths  of  the  license  tax  provided  for  in  section 


two  of  this  act  shall  be  paid ;  when  filed  on  or  between  the  first  day  of 
January  and  the  thirty-first  day  of  March,  in  any  year,  a  sum  equiil 
to  one  half  of  such  license  tax  provided  for  in  section  two  of  this  act 
shall  be  paid,  and  when  filed  on  or  between  the  first  day  of  April  and 
the  thirtieth  day  of  June,  in  any  year,  a  sum  equal  to  one  fourth  ot 
such  license  tax  provided  for  in  section  two  of  this  act  shall  be  paid. 
Upon  receipt  of  such  full  or  fractional  license  tax  the  secretary  of 
state  shall  issue  a  license  receipt  for  the  full  or  for  the  fractional 
part  of  the  then  current  fiscal  year.  [Amended,  approved  March  19. 
1909 ;   in  effect  July  1,  1909.] 

Sec.  3.  The  secretary  of  state  shall,  on  or  before  the  fifteenth  day 
of  September  in  each  year,  report  to  the  governor  of  the  state  a  list  of 
all  corporations  which  have  become  delinquent,  as  provided  in  section 
two  of  this  act,  and  the  governor  shall  forthwith  issue  his  proclamation, 
declaring  under  this  act  that  the  charters  of  such  delinquent  domestic 
corporations  will  be  forfeited  and  the  right  of  such  foreign  corpora- 
tions to  do  business  in  this  state  will  be  forfeited  unless  payment  of 
said  license  tax,  together  with  the  penalty  for  such  delinquency,  as 
hereinbefore  provided,  be  made  to  the  secretary  of  state  on  or  before 
the  hour  of  four  o'clock  p.  M.  of  the  thirtieth  day  of  November  next 
following.     [Amended,  approved  June  13,  1906.] 

Sec.  4.  Said  proclamation  shall  be  filed  immediately  in  the  office 
of  the  secretary  of  state,  and  said  secretary  of  state  shall  immediately 
cause  a  copy  of  said  proclamation  to  be  published  in  one  issue  of  each 
of  two  daily  newspapers  to  be  selected  by  the  governor.  [Amended, 
approved  June  13,  1906.] 

Sec.  5.  At  the  hour  of  four  o'clock  p.  m.  of  the  thirtieth  day  of 
November  each  year  the  charters  of  all  delinquent  domestic  corpora- 
tions which  have  failed  to  pay  the  said  license  tax,  together  with  said 
penalty  for  such  delinquency,  shall  be  forfeited  to  the  State  of  Cali- 
fornia,  and   the    right   of   all   delinquent   foreign   corporations   to   do 


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busiuess  iu  Ibis  state  which  have  failed  to  pay  saiil  license  tax,  to- 
gether with  the  penalty  for  such  deliuqueney,  shall  be  likewise  forfeited. 
[Amended,  approved  June  13,  1906.] 

Sec.  G.  Any  corporation  which  failed  to  pay  the  license  tax  and 
penalty  required  by  the  act,  or  any  amendment  thereof,  and  of  which 
this  is  amendatory,  may  pay  all  the  said  license  taxes  and  penalties 
prescribed  by  section  one  of  said  act  and  the  amendments  thereto, 
and  the  license  taxes  and  penalties  that  would  have  accrued  if  such 
corporation  had  not  forfeited  its  charter  or  right  to  do  business  and 
any  such  corporation  making  such  payment  shall  be  relieved  from  the 
forfeiture  prescribed  by  the  act  of  which  this  act  is  amendatory,  and 
all  persons  exercising  the  powers  of  any  such  corporation  making  such 
payment  shall  be  relieved  from  the  provisions  of  section  nine  of  said 
act  of  which  this  act  is  amendatory,  and  the  secretary  of  state  shall 
immediately  after  the  first  day  of  December,  1909,  transmit  to  the 
county  clerk  of  each  county  in  this  state  a  list  of  the  corporations  so 
paying  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  this  section,  which  list  shall  be 
by  said  county  clerk  filed  in  his  office;  provided,  the  rehabilitation  of 
a  corporation  under  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  be  without 
prejudice  to  any  action,  defense  or  right  which  accrued  by  reason  of 
the  original  forfeiture;  and  provided,  that  in  case  the  name  of  any 
corporation  which  has  suffered  the  forfeiture  prescribed  by  the  act 
of  which  this  act  is  amendatory,  or  a  name  so  closely  resembling  the 
name  of  such  corporation  as  will  tend  to  deceive,  has  been  adopted  by 
any  other  corporation  since  the  date  of  said  forfeiture  then  said 
corporation  having  suffered  said  forfeiture  shall  be  relieved  therefrom 
pursuant  to  the  terms  of  this  section  of  this  act  only  upon  the  adop- 
tion by  said  coi-poration  seeking  revivor  of  a  new  name,  and  in  such 
case  nothing  in  this  act  contained  shall  be  construed  as  permitting 
such  corporation  to  be  revived  or  carry  on  any  business  under  its 
former  name ;  and  such  corporation  shall  have  the  right  to  use  its 
former  name  or  take  such  new  name  only  upon  filing  an  application 


Iherefor  with  the  secretary  of  state  and  upon  the  issuing  of  a  certifica- 
tion to  such  corporation  by  the  secretary  of  state  setting  forth  the 
right  of  such  corporation  to  take  such  new  name  or  use  its  former 
name  as  the  case  may  be;  provided,  however,  that  the  secretary  of 
state  shall  not  issue  any  certificate  permitting  any  corporation  to  take 
or  use  the  name  of  any  corporation  heretofore  organized  in  this  state 
and  which  has  not  suffered  the  forfeiture  prescribed  by  the  act  of 
which  this  act  is  amendatory  or  to  make  or  use  a  name  so  closely 
resembling  the  name  of  such  corporation  heretofore  organized  in  this 
state,  as  will  tend  to  deceive.  The  provisions  of  title  nine,  part  three 
of  the  Code  of  Civil  I'rocedure  in  so  far  as  they  conflict  with  this 
section  of  this  act  are  not  applicable  to  corporations  seeking  revivor 
under  this  act.  [Amended,  approved  March  19,  1909 ;  in  effect  im- 
mediately.] 

Sec.  7.  All  educational,  religious,  scientific  and  charitable  corpora- 
tions, and  all  corporations  which  are  not  organized  for  pecuniary 
profit,  are  exempt  from  the  provisions  of  this  act.  [Amended, 
approved  June  13,  1906.] 

Sec.  8.  On  or  before  the  thirty-first  day  of  December  of  each  year 
the  secretary  of  state  shall  make  a  list  of  all  domestic  corporations 
whose  charters  have  been  so  forfeited  and  of  all  foreign  corporations 
whose  right  to  do  business  in  this  state  has  been  so  forfeited,  and  shall 
transmit  a  certified  copy  thereof  to  each  county  clerk  in  this  state,  who 
shall  file  the  same  in  bis  office.     [Amended,  approved  June  13,  1906.] 

Sec.  9.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  corporation,  delinquent  under 
this  act,  either  domestic  or  foreign,  which  has  not  paid  the  license 
tax  or  fee,  together  with  the  penalty  for  such  delinquency,  as  in  this 
act  prescribed,  to  exercise  the  powers  of  such  corporation,  or  to 
transact  any  business  in  this  state,  after  the  thirtieth  day  of  November 
next  following  the  delinquency.  Each  and  every  person  who  exercises 
any  of  the  powers  of  a  corporation  so  delinquent,  either  domestic  or 
foreign,  which  has  not  paid  the  license  tax,  together  with  the  penalty 


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for  such  delinquency,  or  who  transacts  any  business  for  or  in  behalf 
of  any  such  corporation,  after  the  thirtieth  day  of  November  next  fol- 
lowing the  delinquency,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon 
conviction  thereof  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  one 
hundred  dollars,  and  not  exceeding  one  thousand  dollars,  or  by  im- 
prisonment in  the  county  jail  not  less  than  fifty  days  nor  more  than 
five  hundred  days,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment.  [Amended, 
approved  June  13,  1906.] 

Sec.  10a.  In  all  cases  of  forfeiture  under  the  provisions  of  this 
act,  the  directors  or  managers  in  ofiice  of  the  affairs  of  any  domestic 
corporation,  whose  charter  may  be  so  forfeited,  or  of  any  foreign 
corporation  whose  right  to  do  business  in  this  state  may  be  so  for- 
feited, are  deemed  to  be  trustees  of  the  corporation  and  stockholders 
or  members  of  the  corporation  whose  power  or  right  to  do  business  is 
forfeited  and  have  full  power  to  settle  the  affairs  of  the  corporation 
and  to  maintain  or  defend  any  action  or  proceeding  then  pending  in 
behalf  of  or  against  any  of  said  corporations,  or  to  take  such  legal 
proceedings  as  may  be  necessary  to  fully  settle  the  affairs  of  said 
corporation,  and  such  directors  or  managers,  as  such  trustees,  may  be 
sued  in  any  of  the  courts  of  this  state  by  any  person  having  a  claim 
against  any  of  said  corporations ;  provided,  alintijs,  that  no  action 
pending  against  any  corporation  shall  abate  thereby,  but  may  be 
prosecuted  to  final  judgment ;  the  same  may  be  enforced  by  execution 
with  the  same  force  and  effect  and  in  like  manner  as  though  no  for- 
feiture had  occurred;  and  provided  further,  that  where  judgment  has 
been  entered  against  any  corporation  prior  to  forfeiture  under  this 
act,  that  notwithstanding  execution  may  be  issued  thereon  and  the 
property  of  said  corporation,  or  which  may  come  into  the  hands  of 
any  trustees  for,  it  may  be  levied  upon,  seized  and  sold  to  satisfy  the 
same  with  like  force  and  effect  as  though  such  forfeiture  has  not 
occurred.     [Amended,  approved  March  20,  1907.] 


PROTECTION  Of  STOCKHOLDERS. 


CHAPTER  583. 

An  act  to  amend  an  act  enlitJed  "An  act  to  protect  stockholders  and 
persons  dealing  with  corporations  in  this  state,"  approved  March  29, 
1878,  and  all  acts  amendatory  thereof,  and  to  repeal  all  laws  in  con- 
flict therewith. 

[Approved  March  22,  1905.] 

Jlie  people  of  the  State  of  California,  represented  in  senate  and  assem- 

hly,  do  enaet  as  follotvs: 

Section  1.  Any  superintendent,  director,  secretary,  manager,  agent, 
or  other  officer,  of  any  corporation  formed  or  existing  under  the  laws 
of  this  state,  or  transacting  business  in  the  same,  and  any  person  pre- 
tending or  holding  himself  out  as  such  superiuteudent,  director,  secre- 
tary, manager,  agent,  or  other  officer,  who  shall  willfully  subscribe, 
sign,  endorse,  verify,  or  otherwise  assent  to  the  publication,  either  gen- 
erally or  privately,  to  the  stockholders  or  other  iiereons  dealing  with 
such  corporation  or  its  stock,  any  untrue  or  willfully  and  fraudulently 
exaggerated  report,  prospectus,  account,  statement  of  operations,  values, 
business,  profits,  expenditures  or  prospects,  or  other  paper  or  docu- 
ment intended  to  produce  or  give,  or  having  a  tendency  to  produce  or 
give,  to  the  shares  of  stock  in  such  corporation  a  greater  value  or  less 
apparent  or  market  value  than  they  really  possess,  or  with  the  inten- 
tion of  defrauding  any  particular  person  or  persons,  or  the  public,  or 
persons  generally,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  felony,  and  on  convic- 
tion thereof  shall  be  punished  by  imprisonment  in  state  prison,  or  a 
county  jail,  not  exceeding  two  years,  or  by  fine  not  exceeding  five 
thousand  dollars,  or  by  both. 

Sec.  2.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  in  conflict  with  this  act  are 
hereby  repealed. 


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HOURS  Of  EMPLOYMENT. 

CHAPTER  ISl. 

.1/1  act  regulating  the  hours  of  employment  in  underground  mines  and 

in  smelting  and  reduction  worJcs. 

[Approved  March  10.  1909.] 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California,  represented  in  senate  and  assent- 

hi]/,  do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  That  the  period  of  employment  for  all  persons  who  are 
employed  or  engaged  in  work  in  underground  mines  in  search  of  min- 
erals, whether  base  or  precious,  or  who  are  engaged  in  such  under- 
ground mines  for  other  purposes,  or  who  are  employed  or  engaged  in 
other  underground  workings  whether  for  the  purpose  of  tunneling, 
making  excavations  or  to  accomplish  any  other  purpose  or  design,  or 
who  are  employed  in  smelters  and  other  institutions  for  the  reduction 
or  refining  of  ores  or  metals,  shall  not  exceed  eight  hours  within  any 
twenty-four  hours,  and  the  hours  of  employment  in  such  employment 
or  work  day  shall  be  consecutive,  excluding,  however,  any  intermission 
of  time  for  lunch  or  meals ;  provided  that,  in  the  case  of  emergency 
where  life  or  property  is  in  imminent  danger,  the  period  may  be  a 
longer  time  during  the  continuance  of  the  exigency  or  emergency. 

Sec.  2.  Any  person  who  shall  violate  any  provision  of  this  act.  aud 
.my  person  who  as  foreman,  manager,  director  or  officers  of  a  corpora- 
tion, or  as  the  employer  or  superior  officer  of  any  person,  shall  com- 
mand, persuade  or  allow  any  person  to  violate  any  provision  of  this 
act,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  upon  conviction  shall  be  pun- 
ished by  a  tine  of  not  less  than  fifty  dollars  ($50.00)  nor  more  than 
three  hundred  dollars  (.?300.00).  or  by  imprisonment  of  not  more  than 
three  months.  And  the  court  shall  have  discretion  to  impose  both  fine 
and  imprisonment  as  herein  provided. 

Sec_  3.  All  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  with  this  act  are 
hereby  repealed. 


SALE  Of  MINING  CLAIMS,  ETC. 

CHAPTER  305. 


An  act  to  amend  section  1557  of  the  Code  of  Civil  Procedure,  relating 
to  the  sale  of  property  of  an  estate,  and  to  add  a  new  section  to  said 
Code  of  Civil  Procedure  to  he  numhered  15S0  providing  for  a  pro- 
cedure for  the  sale  of  property  helonging  to  an  estate. 

[Approved  March  19,  1909.] 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California,  represented  in  senate  and  assem- 

tly,  do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  Section  1577  of  the  Code  of  Civil  Procedure  is  hereby 
amended  to  read  as  follows : 

§  1577.  Whenever,  in  any  estate  now  being  administered,  or  that 
may  hereafter  be  administered,  it  shall  appear  to  the  superior  court, 
or  a  judge  thereof,  to  be  for  the  advantage  of  the  estate  to  raise  money 
upon  a  note  or  notes  to  be  secured  by  a  mortgage  of  the  real  property 
of  any  decedent,  or  of  a  minor,  or  an  incompetent  person,  or  any  part 
thereof,  or  to  make  a  lease  of  said  realty,  or  any  part  thereof,  or  to 
agree  to  sell  a  claim,  or  mining  claims,  or  real  property  worked  as  a 
mine,  the  court  or  judge,  as  often  as  occasion  therefor  shall  arise  in 
the  administration  of  any  estate,  may  on  a  petition,  notice,  and  hear- 
ing as  provided  in  this  article,  authorize,  empower  and  direct  the 
executor  or  administrator,  or  guardian  of  such  minor  or  incompetent 
pereon,  to  mortgage  such  real  estate,  or  any  part  thereof,  and  to  exe- 
cute a  note  or  notes  to  be  secured  by  such  mortgage,  or  to  lease  such 
real  estate,  or  any  part  thereof,  or  to  enter  into  an  agreement  to  sell 
such  real  estate,  or  any  part  thereof. 

Sec.  2.  A  new  section  to  be  numbered  1580  is  hereby  added  to  the 
Code  of  Civil  Procedure  of  the  State  of  California,  to  read  as  follows : 

§  1580.  To  obtain  an  order  to  enter  into  an  agreement  for  the  sale 
of  a  mining  claim,  or  claims,  or  real  property,  worked  as  a  mine,  the 
proceedings  to  be  taken  and  the  effect  thereof  shall  he  as  follows  : 


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First — The  executor,  administrator,  guardian  of  a  minor,  or  of  an 
incompetent  person,  or  any  person  interested  in  the  estate  of  such 
decedents,  minors,  or  incompetent  persons,  may  file  a  verified  petition 
showing : 

1.  The  advantage  or  advantages  that  may  accrue  to  the  estate  from 
entering  into  such  an  agreement. 

2.  A  general  description  of  the  property  affected  by  said  agreement. 

3.  The  terms  and  general  conditions  of  the  proposed  agreement. 

4.  The  names  of  the  legatees  and  devisees,  if  any,  and  of  the  heirs 
of  the  deceased,  or  of  the  minor,  or  of  the  incompetent  person,  so  far 
as  known  to  the  petitioner. 

Second — Upon  filing  such  petition  an  order  shall  be  made  by  the 
court  or  judge  requiring  all  persons  interested  in  the  estate  to  appear 
before  the  court  or  judge,  at  a  time  and  place  specified,  not  less  than 
two  or  more  than  four  w-eeks  thereafter,  then  and  there  to  show  cause 
why  an  agreement  for  the  sale  of  the  realty  should  not  be  made,  and 
referring  to  the  petition  on  file  for  further  particulars. 

Third — The  order  to  show  cause  must  be  personally  served  on  the 
persons  interested  in  the  estate  at  least  ten  days  before  the  time 
appointed  for  hearing  the  petition,  or  it  may  be  published  for  four 
successive  weeks  in  a  newspaper  of  general  circulation  in  the  county 
if  there  be  one,  and  if  there  is  none  then  in  some  newspaper  of  general 
circulation  in  the  county. 

Fourth — At  the  time  and  place  appointed  to  show  cause,  or  at  such 
other  time  and  plaice  to  which  the  hearing  may  be  postponed  the  power 
to  make  all  needful  postponements  being  hereby  vested  in  the  court  or 
jury,  the  court  or  judge  having  first  received  satisfactory  proof  of 
personal  service  or  publication  of  the  order  to  show  cause,  must  proceed 
to  hear  the  petition,  and  any  objections  that  may  have  been  filed  or 
presented  thereto.  If,  after  a  full  hearing,  the  court  or  judge  is  satis- 
fied that  it  will  be  for  the  advantage  of  the  estate  to  enter  into  the 
proposed  agreement  for  the  sale  of  the  mines  or  real  estate,  an  order 


must  be  made  authorizing,  empowering  and  directing  the  executor, 
administrator  or  the  guardian  to  make  such  agreement.  The  order  may 
prescribe  the  terms  and  conditions  of  such  agreement. 

Fifth — After  the  making  of  the  order  to  enter  into  said  agreement, 
the  executor,  .administrator  or  guardian  of  a  minor  or  of  an  incompe- 
tent pei-son  shall  execute,  acknowledge  and  deliver  an  agreement  con- 
taining the  conditions  specified  in  the  order,  setting  forth  in  the 
agreement  that  it  is  made  by  authority  of  the  order,  and  giving  the 
date  of  such  order.  A  certified  copy  of  the  order  shall  be  recorded  in 
the  office  of  the  county  recorder  of  every  county  in  which  the  land 
affected  by  the  agreement  or  any  portion  thereof  is  situated. 


LOCATION  OF  MINING  CLAIMS,  MILL  SITES,  AND 
ASSESSMENT  WORK. 

CHAPTER  205. 

All  act  to  amend  the  Civil  Code  of  California  by  adding  a  new  title 
thereto,  to  l)e  numbered  title  X,  in  part  IV  of  division  second,  con- 
sisting of  sections  1J,26,  H26a,  11,261),  lJi26e,  lJ,26d,  lJ,26e,  l.',26f, 
lJ,26g,  imK  H^6i,  l!,26h  li26k,  l.',26!,  lJ,26m,  l/,26n.  l.',26o. 
l-'l20p.  I'i26q,  lJi26r,  and  l.'/26s,  providing  for  the  manner  of  locutinii 
liidr  and  plaecr  mining  claims,  tunnel  rights,  mill  sites,  and  prcsrrib- 
iiiji  llie  character  and  amount  of  assessment  work  on  mining  claiinx. 
and  providing  for  proofs  of  such  work,  and  for  the  recordation  of 
location  notices,  and  proof  of  labor,  and  for  the  enforcement  of  con- 
tributions from  delinquent  co-owners  of  mining  claims,  and  prescrib- 
ing the  duties  of  county  recorders  respecting  the  recording  of  location 
Vdticrs  of,  and  proofs  of  labor  on,  mining  claims,  tunnel  rights,  and 


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mill  sites,  and  the  fees  to  6e  charged  therefor,  and  repealing  acts  in 
conflict  hereicith. 

[Approved  March  13,   1909.] 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California,  represented  in  senate  and  assem- 
bly, do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  The  Civil  Code  of  the  State  of  California  is  hereby 
amended  by  adding  a  new  title  thereto,  to  be  numbered  title  X,  in  part 
IV  of  second  division,  consisting  of  sections  1426,  1426a,  14266,  1426c, 
1426(J,  1426e,  1426/,  1426?,  1426ft,  1426i,  1426/,  1426fc,  1426?,  1426/n, 
1426n,  14260,  1426p,  1426(?,  and  1426r,  to  read  as  follows : 

§  1426.  Any  person,  a  citizen  of  the  United  States,  or  who  has 
declared  his  intention  to  become  such,  who  discovers  a  vein  or  lode 
of  quartz,  or  other  rock  in  place,  bearing  gold,  silver,  cinnabar,  lead, 
tin,  copper,  or  other  valuable  deposit,  may  locate  a  claim  upon  such 
vein  or  lode,  by  defining  the  boundaries  of  the  claim,  in  the  manner 
hereinafter  described,  and  by  posting  a  notice  of  such  location,  at  the 
point  of  discovery,  which  notice  must  contain : 

First — The  name  of  the  lode  or  claim. 

Second — The  name  of  the  locator  or  locators. 

Third — The  number  of  linear  feet  claimed  in  length  along  the  course 
of  the  vein,  each  way  from  the  point  of  discovery,  with  the  width  on 
each  side  of  the  center  of  the  claim,  and  the  general  course  of  the  vein 
or  lode,  as  near  as  may  be. 

Fourth — The  date  of  location. 

Fifth — Such  a  description  of  the  claim  by  reference  to  some  natural 
object,  or  permanent  monument,  as  will  identify  the  claim  located. 

§  1426a.  The  locator  must  define  the  boundaries  of  his  claim  so  that 
they  may  be  readily  traced,  and  in  no  case  shall  the  claim  extend 
more  than  fifteen  hundred  feet  along  the  course  of  the  vein  or  lode,  nor 
more  than  three  hundred  feet  on  either  side  thereof,  measured  from  the 
center  line  of  the  vein  at  the  surface. 

§  142Gb.     Within  thirty  days  after  the  posting  of  his  notice  of  loca- 


tion upon  a  lode  mining  claim,  the  locator  shall  record  a  true  copy 
thereof  in  the  office  of  the  county  recorder  of  the  county  in  which  such 
claim  is  situated,  for  which  service  the  county  recorder  shall  receive  a 
fee  of  one  dollar. 

§  142Ce.  The  location  of  a  placer  claim  shall  be  made  in  the  follow- 
ing manner :  By  posting  thereon,  upon  a  tree,  rock  in  place,  stone, 
post  or  monument,  a  notice  of  location,  containing  the  name  of  the 
claim,  name  of  locator  or  locators,  date  of  location,  number  of  feet  or 
acreage  claimed,  such  a  description  of  the  claim  by  reference  to  some 
natural  object  or  permanent  monument  as  will  identify  the  claim 
located,  and  by  marking  the  boundaries  so  that  they  may  be  readily 
traced ;  provided,  that  where  the  United  States  survey  has  been 
extended  over  the  land  embraced  in  the  location,  the  claim  may  be 
taken  by  legal  subdivisions  and  no  other  reference  than  those  of  said 
survey  shall  be  required  and  the  boundaries  of  a  claim  so  located  and 
described  need  not  be  staked  or  monumented.  The  description  by 
legal  subdivisions  shall  be  deemed  the  equivalent  of  marking. 

§  1426d.  Within  thirty  days  iifter  the  posting  of  the  notice  of  loca- 
tion of  a  placer  claim,  the  locator  shall  record  a  true  copy  thereof  in 
the  office  of  the  county  recorder  of  the  county  in  which  such  claim  is 
situated,  for  which  service  the  recorder  shall  receive  a  fee  of  one 
dollar. 

§  1426c.  The  locator  of  a  tunnel  right  or  location,  shall  locate  his 
tunnel  right  or  location  by  posting  a  notice  of  location  at  the  face  or 
point  of  commencement  of  the  tunnel,  which  must  contain  : 

First — The  name  of  the  locator  or  locators. 

Second — The  date  of  the  location. 

Third — The  proposed  course  or  direction  of  the  tunnel. 

Fourth — A  description  of  the  tunnel,  with  reference  to  some  natural 
object  or  permanent  monument  as  shall  identify  the  claim  or  tunnel 
right. 

§  1426/.  The  boundai-y  lines  of  the  tunnel  shall  be  established  by 
stakes  or  monuments  placed  along  the  lines  at  an  interval  of  not  more 


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than  six  huudred  fuut  from  the  face  or  point  of  commeucomfut  of  tlie 
tunnel  to  the  terminus  of  three  thousand  feet  therefrom. 

§  1426(7.  Within  thirty  days  after  the  posting  the  notice  of  location 
of  the  tunnel  right  or  location,  the  locator  shall  record  a  true  copy 
thereof,  in  the  office  of  the  county  recorder  of  the  county  in  which  such 
claim  is  situated,  for  which  service  the  recorder  shall  receive  a  fee  of 
one  dollar. 

§  1426/1.  If  at  any  time  the  locator  of  any  mining  claim  heretofore 
or  hereafter  located,  or  his  assigns,  shall  apprehend  that  his  original 
location  notice  w'as  defective,  erroneous,  or  that  the  requirements  of 
the  law  had  not  been  complied  with  before  filing ;  or  in  case  the  original 
notice  was  made  prior  to  the  passage  of  this  act,  and  he  shall  be  desir- 
ous of  securing  the  benefit  of  this  act,  such  locator,  or  his  assisus, 
may  file  an  additional  notice,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  act ; 
provided,  that  such  amended  location  notice  does  not  interfere  with 
the  existing  rights  of  others  at  the  time  of  posting  and  tiling  such 
amended  location  notice,  and  no  such  amended  location  notice  or  the 
record  thereof,  shall  preclude  the  claimant,  or  claimants  from  pro\ing 
any  such  title  as  he  or  they  may  have  held  under  previous  locations. 

§  1426J.  Where  a  locator,  or  his  assigns,  has  the  boundaries  and 
corners  of  his  claim  established  by  a  I'uited  States  deputy  mineral 
survey,  or  a  licensed  surveyor  of  this  state,  and  his  claim  connected 
with  the  corner  of  the  public  or  minor  surveys  of  an  established  initial 
point,  and  incorporates  into  the  record  of  the  claim,  the  field  notes  of 
such  survey,  and  attaches  to  and  files  with  such  location  notice,  a  cer- 
tificate of  the  surveyor,  setting  forth :  First,  that  said  survey  was  actu- 
ally made  by  him,  giving  the  date  thereof ;  second,  the  name  of  the 
claim  surveyed  and  the  location  thereof ;  third,  that  the  description 
incorporated  in  the  declaratory  statement  is  sufficient  to  identify ;  such 
survey  and  certificate  becomes  a  part  of  the  record,  and  such  record 
is  prima  facie  evidence  of  the  facts  therein  contained. 

§  1426/.  The  proprietor  of  a  vein  or  lode  claim  or  mine,  or  the 
owner  of  a  quartz  mill  or  reduction  works,  or  any  person  qualified  by 

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the  laws  of  the  United  States,  may  locate  not  more  than  five  acres  of 
non-mineral  land  as  a  mill  site.  Such  location  shall  be  made  in  the 
same  manner  as  hereinbefore  required  for  locating  placer  claims. 

§  1426J;.  The  locator  of  a  mill  site  claim  or  location  shall,  within 
thirty  days  from  the  date  of  his  location,  record  a  true  copy  of  his 
location  notice  with  the  county  recorder  of  the  county  in  which  such 
location  is  situated,  for  which  service  the  recorder  shall  receive  a  fee 
of  one  dollar. 

§  1420/.  The  amount  of  work  done  or  impro\  ements  made  during 
each  year  to  hold  possession  of  a  mining  claim  shall  be  that  pre- 
scribed by  the  laws  of  the  United  States,  to  wit :  One  hundred  dollars 
annually. 

§  142G«i.  Whenever  [a]  mine  owner,  company,  or  corporation  shall 
have  performed  the  labor  and  made  the  improvements  required  by  law 
upou  any  mining  claim,  the  person  in  whose  behalf  such  labor  was  per- 
formed or  improvements  made,  or  some  one  in  his  behalf,  shall  within 
thirty  days  after  the  time  limited  for  performing  such  labor  or  making 
such  improvements  make  and  have  recorded  by  the  county  recorder,  in 
books  keiit  for  that  purpose,  in  the  county  in  which  such  mining  claim 
is  situated,  an  affidavit  setting  forth  the  value  of  labor  or  improve- 
ments made,  the  name  of  the  claim,  and  the  name  of  the  owner  or 
claimant  of  said  claim  at  whose  expense  the  same  was  made  or  per- 
formed. Such  affida\it,  or  a  copy  thereof,  duly  certified  by  the  county 
recorder,  shall  be  prima  facie  evidence  of  the  performance  of  such 
labor  or  the  making  of  such  improvements,  or  both. 

5 1426/1.  For  recording  the  affidavit  herein  required,  the  county 
recorder  shall  receive  a  fee  of  fifty  cents. 

§  1426o.  Whenever  a  co-owner  or  co-owners  of  a  mining  claim  shall 
give  to  a  delinquent  co-owner  or  co-owners  tlie  notice  in  writing  or 
notice  by  publication  provided  for  in  section  2324,  Revised  Statutes  of 
the  United  States,  an  affidavit  of  the  person  giving  such  notice,  stating 
the  time,  place,  manner  of  service,  and  by  whom  and  upon  whom  such 
service  was  made,  shall  be  attached  to  a  true  copy  of  such  notice,  and 


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such  uotice  and  alfidavit  must  be  recorded  in  the  ofEce  of  the  conuty 
recorder,  in  books  kept  for  that  purpose,  in  the  county  in  whicli  tlu- 
claim  is  situated,  within  ninety  days,  after  the  giving  of  such  notice ; 
for  the  recording  of  which  said  recorder  shall  receive  the  same  fees  as 
are  now  allowed  by  law  for  recording  deeds ;  or  if  such  notice  is  giveu 
by  publication  in  a  newspaper,  there  shall  be  attached  to  a  printed  copy 
of  such  notice  an  affidavit  of  the  printer  or  his  foreman,  or  principal 
clerk  of  such  paper,  stating  the  date  ot  the  first,  last  and  each  inser- 
tion of  such  uotice  therein,  and  where  the  newspaper  was  pulilished 
during  that  time,  and  the  name  of  such  newspaper.  Such  affidavit 
and  notice  shall  be  recorded  as  aforesaid,  within  one  hundred  and 
eighty  days  after  the  first  publication  thereof.  The  original  of  such 
notice  and  affidavit,  or  a  duly  certified  copy  of  the  record  thereof,  shall 
be  prima  facie  evidence  that  the  delinquent  mentioned  in  section  2.3114 
has  failed  or  refused  to  contribute  his  proportion  ot  the  expenditure 
required  by  that  section,  and  of  the  service  of  publication  of  said 
notice;  proriiicd.  the  writing  or  affidavit  hereinafter  provided  for  is  not 
of  record.  If  such  delinquent  shall,  within  the  ninety  days  required 
by  section  2.'?24,  aforesaid,  contribute  to  his  co-owner  or  co-owners, 
his  proportion  of  such  expenditures,  and  also  all  costs  of  service  of  the 
notice  required  by  this  section,  whether  incurred  for  publication 
charges,  or  otherwise,  such  co-owner  or  co-owners  shall  sign  and 
deliver  to  the  delinquent  or  delinquents  a  writing,  stating  that  the 
delinquent  or  delinquents  by  name  has   within   the   time   required   by 

section  2324  aforesaid,  contributed  his  share  for  the  year 

upon  the mine,  and  further  stating  therein  the  district. 

county  and  state  wherein  the  same  is  situated,  and  the  book  and  page 
where  the  location  notice  is  recorded,  if  said  mine  was  located  under 
the  provisions  of  this  act ;  such  writing  shall  be  recorded  in  the  office 
of  the  county  recorder  of  said  county,  for  which  he  shall  receive  the 
same  fees  as  are  now  allowed  by  law  for  recording  deeds.  If  such 
co-owner  or  co-owners  shall  fail  to  sign  and  deliver  such  writing  to 
the  delinquent  or  delinquents  within  twenty  days  after  such  contribu- 

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tiou,  the  co-owner  or  co-owners  so  failing  as  aforesaid  shall  be  liable 
to  the  penalty  of  one  hundred  dollars,  to  be  recovered  by  any  person 
for  the  use  of  the  delinquent  or  delinquents  in  any  court  of  competent 
jurisdiction.  If  such  co-owner  or  co-owners  fail  to  deliver  such 
writing  within  said  twenty  days,  the  delinquent,  with  two  disinterested 
persons  having  personal  knowledge  of  such  contribution,  may  make 
affidavit  setting  forth  in  what  manner,  the  amount  of,  to  whom,  and 
upon  what  mine,  such  contribution  was  made.  Such  affidavit,  or  a 
record  thereof,  in  the  office  of  the  county  recorder  of  the  county  in 
which  such  mine  is  situated,  shall  be  prima  facie  evidence  of  such 
contribution. 

§  142ti;j.  The  record  of  any  location  of  a  mining  claim,  mill  site  or 
tunnel  right,  in  the  office  of  the  county  recorder,  as  herein  provided 
shall  be  received  in  evidence,  and  have  the  same  force  and  effect  in  the 
courts  of  the  state  as  the  original  notice. 

§  1420(7.  Copies  of  the  records  of  all  instruments  required  to  be 
recorded  by  the  provisions  of  this  act,  duly  certified  by  the  recorder,  in 
whose  custody  such  records  are,  may  be  read  in  evidence,  under  the 
same  circumstances  and  rales  as  are  now,  or  may  be  hereafter  pro- 
vided by  law,  for  using  copies  of  instruments  relating  to  real  estate, 
duly  executed  or  acknowledged  or  proved  and  recorded. 

§  142Cc.  The  provisions  of  this  act  shall  not  in  any  manner  be  con- 
strued as  affecting  or  abolishing  any  mining  district  or  the  rules  and 
regulations  thereof  within  the  State  of  California. 

§  1426*.  The  failure  or  neglect  of  any  locator  of  a  mining  claim  to 
perform  development  work  of  the  character,  in  the  manner  and  within 
the  time  required  by  the  laws  of  the  United  States,  shall  disqualify 
such  locators  from  relocating  the  ground  embraced  in  the  original 
location  or  mining  claim  or  any  part  thereof  under  the  mining  laws, 
within  three  years  after  the  date  of  his  original  location  and  any 
attempted  relocation  thereof  by  any  of  the  original  locators  shall  ren- 
der such  location  void. 


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Sec.  2.  All  acts  and  parts  of  act.s  in  conflict  with  tliis  net,  are 
hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect  and  be  in  force  on  and  after 
July  1,  1909. 


PROTECTION  Of  OIL  AND  GAS  STRATA. 

CII.vrTER  .351;. 

An  act  to  prevent- injury  to  oil,  gas  or  petroleutn-'bearing  strata  or  for- 
mations hy  the  penetration  or  infiltration  of  water  therein. 

[.Approved  March  20,   lOOfl.] 

'J'he  people  of  the  State  of  California,  nprcscntc<l  in  senate  and  assem- 
bly, do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owner  of  any  well  now 
drilled  or  that  may  be  drilled  in  the  State  of  California  on  lands  pro- 
ducing or  containing  oil,  gas  or  petroleum,  to  properly  case  such  well 
or  wells,  with  metal  casing  in  accordance  with  most  approved  methods, 
and  to  effectually  shut  off  all  water  overlying  or  underlying  the  oil- 
bearing  strata  and  to  effectually  prevent  any  water  from  penetrating 
such  oil-bearing  strata. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owner  of  any  well  referred  to  in 
section  1  of  this  act,  before  abandoning  the  same  to  withdraw  the  cas- 
ing therefrom,  and  to  securely  fill  such  well  with  clay,  earth  or  cement 
mortar,  or  other  good  and  sufficient  materials,  used  alone  or  in  suitable 
combination,  and  thoroughly  pack  and  tamp  the  same  into  such  well  to 
a  point  as  far  above  the  upper  oil-bearing  strata  as  the  commissioner 
hereinafter  provided  for  may  decide  shall  be  necessary,  and  while 
withdrawing  the  casing  therefrom  to  effectually  and  permanently  shut 
off  and   exclude  all   water  underlying  and   overlying  said  oil-bearing 


strata,  and  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  commissioner,  whetlior  any  oil- 
bearing  strata  has  been  encountered  or  not. 

Sec.  3.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  owner  of  any  well  referred  (o 
in  section  1  of  this  act,  to  keep  a  careful  and  accurate  log  of  the  drill- 
ing of  such  well,  such  log  to  show  the  character  and  depth  of  the  for- 
mations passed  through  or  encountered  in  the  drilling  of  such  well, 
and  particularly  to  show  the  location  and  depth  of  the  water-bearing 
strata,  together  with  the  character  of  the  water  encountered  from  time 
to  time,  and  to  show  at  what  point  such  water  was  shut  oft',  if  at  all, 
and  if  not  to  so  state  in  such  log,  and  show  the  depth  at  which  oil- 
bearing  strata  is  encountered,  the  depth  and  character  of  the  same,  and 
whether  all  water  overlying  and  underlying  such  oil-bearing  strata 
was  successfully  and  permanently  shut  off  so  as  to  prevent  the  perco- 
lation or  penetration  into  such  oil-bearing  strata  ;  said  record  of  well 
to  be  kept  on  file  and  subject  to  the  inspection  of  hereinafter  mentioned 
commissioner  at  any  time  during  business  hours. 

Sec.  4.  The  term  "owner"  as  herein  used  shall  mean  and  include 
each  and  every  pei-son.  persons,  partnership,  copartnership,  associa- 
tion or  corporation  owning,  leasing,  managing,  operating,  drilling  or 
possessing  any  well  mentioned  in  sections  1  and  2  of  this  act,  either  as 
principal  or  principals,  lessee  or  lessees  of  such  principal  or  principals, 
contractor  or  contractors,  and  their  and  each  of  their  employees.  The 
term  "oil-bearing  strata"  as  herein  used  shall  mean  and  include  any 
bed,  seam  or  stratum  of  rock  or  sand  or  other  material  which  contains, 
includes,  or  yields  earth  oil,  rock  oil,  or  petroleum  oil  or  natural  gas 
or  either  of  them. 

In  order  to  carry  out  the  provision  of  section  1  or  2  of  this  act,  upon 
petition  of  three  or  more  operating  oil  companies,  within  the  county, 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  board  of  supervisoi-s  of  said  county  to 
appoint  a  commissioner  who  shall  be  a  practical  oil  man,  whose  term  of 
office  shall  be  until  December  31st  of  the  year  following  time  of 
appointment  or  until  his  successor  is  appointed. 


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The  duties  of  said  commissioner  shall  be  to  see  that  the  provisions 
of  this  act  shall  be  enforced. 

The  compensation  of  said  commissioner  shall  be  fixed  by  the  board 
of  supervisors  and  shall  be  paid  out  of  the  general  county  fund. 

Upon  the  filing  of  a  complaint  with  said  commissioner  alleging  the 
violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  sections  1  or  2  of  this  act,  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  hereinbefore  mentioned  commissioner  of  the  county, 
if  so  requested  by  the  complainants,  to  make  or  cause  to  be  made,  a 
thorough  investigation  of  the  well  in  question,  to  determine  whether 
or  not  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  act  have  been  violated  and  for  such 
purpose  he  is  hereby  empowered  to  appoint  all  necessary  agents  and 
assistants  to  conduct  such  examination  and  such  agents  and  assistants 
may  enter  upon  the  premises  where  such  well  Is  situated  and  may  take 
charge  of  such  well  for  tlie  purpose  of  making  such  investigations.  If 
the  defendant  in  the  action  shall  be  convicted  of  a  violation  of  any  of 
the  provisions  of  section  1  or  2  of  this  act,  he  shall,  in  addition  to  the 
penalties  hereafter  set  forth,  pay  all  reasonable  and  proper  costs  inci- 
dent to  the  making  of  such  investigations. 

Any  well  drilled  and  abandoned,  in  violation  of  section  1  or  2  of  this 
act  is  hereby  declared  a  public  nuisance. 

If  any  well,  under  the  provision  of  sections  1  or  2  of  this  act  be 
declared  a  public  nuisance,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  commissioner  of  the 
county  in  which  such  well  is  situated  to  enter  upon  the  premises,  take 
possession  of  such  well  and  to  abate  said  nuisance  and  to  take  all 
necessary  steps  to  prevent  the  percolation  or  penetration  of  water  into 
the  oil-bearing  strata.  He  shall  keep  an  accurate  account  of  the 
expense  of  such  work  and  all  expenses  so  incurred  shall  be  a  charge 
against  the  owner  of  such  well  and  a  lien  upon  the  same. 

Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  tliis  act  shall  be  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor. 

Any  owner  of  any  well  referred  to  in  section  1  or  2  of  this  act,  who 
refuses  to  permit  the  commissioner  to  inspect  the  same  or  who  willfully 


hinders  or  delays  the  commissioner  in  the  performance  of  his  duty  is 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor. 

An  "act"  to  prevent  injury  to  oil,  or  petroleum-bearing  strata,  or 
formations  by  infiltration  or  intrusion  of  water  therein,  approved 
March  24,  1903,  is  hereby  repealed. 


ACT  ESTABLISHING  A  UNIFORM  SYSTEM  OE  MINE  BELL  SIGNALS. 

CHAPTEU  LXXIV. 

All  act  to  cstablUh  a  uniform  si/stciti  of  mine  bell  signals,  to  be  nxal 
in  all  the  mines  operated  in  the  titutc  of  California!,  and  for  Ihr 
protection  of  mitivis. 

The  people  of  the  State  of  Valiforniu,  represented  in  senate  and  usirm- 
bly,  do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  Every  person,  company,  corporation,  or  individual, 
operating  any  mine  within  the  State  of  California — gold,  silver,  copper, 
lead,  coal,  or  any  other  metal  or  substance — where  it  is  necessary  to 
use  signals  by  means  of  bell  or  otherwise,  for  shafts,  inclines,  drifts, 
crosscuts,  tunnels,  and  underground  workings,  shall,  after  the  passage 
of  this  bill,  adopt,  use,  and  put  in  force  the  following  system  or  cotle 
of  mine  bell  signals,  as  follows  : 

1  bell,  to  hoist.     (See  Rule  2.) 

1  bell,  to  stop  if  in  motion. 

2  bells,  to  lower.     (See  Rule  2.) 

3  bells,  man  to  be  hoisted;  run  slow.     (See  Rule  2.) 

i  bells,  start  pump  if  not  running,  or  stop  pump  if  running. 
1  — ."  bells,  start  or  stop  air  compressor. 
5  bells,  send  down  tools.     (See  Rule  4.) 


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I")  bells,  send  down  timbers.     (See  Rule  4.) 

7  bells,  accident;  move  bucket  or  cage  by  verbal  orders  only. 

1  —  4  bells,  foreman  wanted. 

2  —  1  —  1  bells,  done  hoisting  until  called. 
2  —  1  — -2  bells,  done  hoisting  for  the  day. 

2  —  2  —  2  bells,  change  buckets  from  ore  to  water,  or  vice  versa. 

3  —  2  —  1  bells,  ready  to  shoot  in  the  shaft.     (See  Rule  3.) 
Engineer's  signal,  that  he  is  ready  to  hoist,  is  to  raise  the  bucket  or 

cnge  two  feet  and  lower  it  again.     (See  Rule  3.) 

Levels  shall  be  designated  and  inserted  in  notice  hereinafter  men- 
tioned.    (See  Rule  5.) 

Sec.  2.  For  the  purpose  of  enforcing  and  properly  understanding 
the  above  code  of  signals,  the  following  rules  are  hereby  established: 

Rule  1 — In  giving  signals  make  strokes  on  bell  at  regular  intervals. 
The  bar  ( — )  must  take  the  same  time  as  for  one  stroke  of  the  bell, 
and  no  more.  If  timber,  tools,  the  foreman,  bucket  or  cage  are  wanted 
to  stop  at  any  level  in  the  mine,  signal  by  number  of  strokes  on  the 
bell,  number  of  the  level  first  before  giving  the  signal  for  timber,  tools, 
etc.     Time  between  signals  to  be  double  bars  ( ).     Examples: 

G 5  would  mean  stop  at  sixth  level  with  tools. 

4 1  —  1  —  1 1,   would  mean   stop  at   fourth   level,   man 

on,  hoist. 

2—  — 1  —  4  would  mean  stop  at  second  level  with  foreman. 

Rule  2 — No  person  must  get  off  or  on  the  bucket  or  cage  while  the 
same  is  in  motion.  When  men  are  to  be  hoisted  give  the  signal  for 
men.  Men  must  then  get  on  bucket  or  cage,  then  give  the  signal  to 
hoist.  Bell  cord  must  be  in  reach  of  man  on  the  bucket  or  cage  at 
stations. 


Rule  3 — After  signal  "Ready  to  shoot  in  shaft,"  engineer  must  give 
his  signal  when  he  is  ready  to  hoist.  Miners  must  then  give  the  signal 
of  "Men  to  be  hoisted,"  then  "spit  fuse,"  get  into  the  bucket,  and  give 
the  signal  to  hoist. 

Rii'le  4 — All  timbers,  tools,  etc.,  "longer  than  the  depth  of  the 
bucket,"  to  be  hoisted  or  lowered,  must  be  securely  lashed  at  the  upper 
end  to  the  cable.  Miners  must  know  they  will  ride  up  or  down  the 
shaft  without  catching  on  rocks  or  timbers  and  be  thrown  out. 

Rule  5 — The  foreman  will  see  that  one  printed  sheet  of  these  signals 
and  rules  for  each  level  and  one  for  the  engine-room  are  attached  to  a 
board  not  less  than  twelve  inches  wide  by  thirty-six  inches  long,  and 
securely  fasten  the  board  up  where  signals  can  be  easily  read  at  the 
places  above  stated. 

Rule  6 — The  above  signals  and  rules  must  be  obeyed.  Any  violation 
will  be  sufficient  grounds  for  discharging  the  party  or  parties  so  doing. 
Xo  person,  company,  corporation,  or  individuals  operating  any  mine 
within  the  State  of  California,  shall  be  responsible  for  accidents  thai 
may  happen  to  men  dLsobeyiug  the  above  rules  and  signals.  Said 
notice  and  rules  shall  be  signed  by  the  person  or  superintendent  having 
charge  of  the  mine,  who  shall  designate  the  name  of  the  corporation 
or  the  owner  of  the  mine. 

Sec.  3.  Any  person  or  company  failing  to  carry  out  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  act  shall  be  responsible  for  all  damages  arising  to  or 
incurred  by  any  person  working  in  said  mine  during  the  time  of  such 
failure. 

Sec.  4.    This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately. 


(78) 


DEL     NORTE    AND    SISKIYOU     COUNTIES. 


The  County  Maps. 


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The  county  maps  in 
this  pamphlet  show 
all  towns,  post  offices, 
railroads,  stage  lines 
carrying  passengers, 
mail  and  express,  and 
distances  between 
points,  forming  a  use- 
ful and  handy  guide 
especially  to  all  who 
wish  to  leave  the  rail- 
road and  penetrate  to 
the  interior  of  the 
niiningdistricts.  They 
also  show  all  post 
routes.  These  maps 
have  been  brought  up 
to  date  (Jan.  1,  1909,) 
and  must  not  be  re- 
produced without  ob- 
taining permission 
from  the  State  Mining 
Bureau. 


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SONOMA,    MARIN,    NAPA,    YOLO,    AND    SOLANO     COUNTIES. 


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ALPINE,    MONO,    AND    INYO    COUNTIES. 


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SAN    BENITO  AND   MONTEREY  COUNTIES. 


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SAN    BERNARDINO    COUNTY. 


RIVERSIDE,  SAN   DIEGO,  AND   IMPEftlAL   COUNTIES. 


LIST  OF  PUBLICATIONS  OF   THE  CALIFORNIA  STATE  MINING  BUSEAU. 

FERRY    BUILDING,   SAN    FRANCISCO,    CAL. 

Publications  of  this  Bureau  will  be  sent  on  receipt  of  the  requisite  amount  and  postage.  Only  stamps,  coin  or  money  orders  will  be  aocspttd  in  pati- 
ment.    Do  not  tend  personal  checks. 

Address  all  communications  regarding  publications  to  LIBRARIAN.     (All  publications  not  mentioned  are  exhausted.) 

SALE    OF    MINING    BUREAU    PUBLICATIONS. 

Under  Section  8,  amendment  to  the  Mining  Bureau  Act,  approved  March  10,  1903,  your  attention  is  respectfully  called  to  that  portion  of  the  amend- 
ment which  states:  "The  Board  (Board  of  Trustees)  is  hereby  empowered  to  fix  a  price  upon,  and  to  dispose  of  to  the  public,  at  such  prices,  any  and  all 
publications  of  the  Bureau,  including  reports,  bulletins,  maps,  registers,  etc.  The  sum  derived  from  such  disposition  must  be  accounted  for  and  used  as  a 
revolving  printing  and  publishing  fund  for  other  reports,  bulletins,  maps,  registers,  etc.  The  prices  fixed  must  approximate  the  actual  cost  of  printing  and 
issuing  the  respective  reports,  bulletins,  maps,  registers,  etc.,  without  reference  to  the  cost  of  obtaining  and  preparing  the  information  embraced  therein." 


Report      XI — 1892,  First  Biennial   

Report  XIII — 1896,  Third  Biennial 

Bulletin  No.  6 — "Gold  Mill  Practices  in  California"  (3d 
edition) 

Bulletin  No.     9 — "Mine  Drainage,  Pumps,  Etc."   (bound) 

Bulletin  No.  15 — "Map  of  Oil  City  Oil  Fields,  Fresno 
County,  California"    

Bulletin  No.  23 — "Copper  Resources  of  California" 

Bulletin  No.  24 — "Saline  Deposits  of  California" 

Bulletin  No.  27 — "Quiclcsilver  ]Elesources  of  California" 
(2d  edition)    

Bulletin  No.  30 — "Bibliography  Relating  to  the  Geology, 
Palaeontology  and  Mineral  Resources  of  California," 
Including  List  of  Maps  . . , 

Bulletin  No.  31 — "Chemical  Analysis  of  California  Pe- 
troleum"      

Bulletin  No.  32 — "Production  and  Use  of  California  Pe- 
troleum"     

Bulletin  No.  36 — "Gold  Dredging  In  California"   (3d  ed.) 

Bulletin  No.  37 — "Gems  and  Jewelers'  Materials  of  Cali- 
fornia"  (2d  edition)    

Bulletin  No.  38 — "Structural  and  Industrial  Materials  of 
California"    

Bulletin  No.  45 — "Auriferous  Black  Sands  of  California" 

Bulletin  No.  46 — "Index  of  Mining  Bureau  Publications" 

Bulletin  No.  50 — "Copper  Resources  of  California"  (re- 
vised edition)    

Bulletin  No.  54 — "Mineral  Production  of  California" — 
1908    

Bulletin  No.  55 — "Mineral  Production  of  California  for 
22  Years"   

Bulletin  No.  66 — "Minerals  of  California,  Mining  Laws," 
etc 

California  Mine  Bell  Signals  (cardboard)    

California  Mine  Bell  Signals  (paper)    

Gold  Production  in  California  from  1848  to  1908 

Register  of  Mines,  with  Map,  Amador  County 

Register  of  Mines,  with  Map,  Butte  County 


Price.  Postage. 
$1.00       $0.15 


.08 
.08 


Register  of  Mines,  with  Map,  El  Dorado  County. .  .• 

Register  of  Mines,  with  Map,  Inyo  County 

Register  of  Mines,  with  Map,  Kern  County 

Register  of  Mines,  with  Map,  Lake  County 

Register  of  Mines,  with  Map,  Mariposa  County 

Register  of  Mines,  with  Map,  Nevada  County 

Register  of  Mines,  with. Map,  San  Bernardino  County... . 

Register  of  Mines,  with  Map,  San  Diego  County 

Register  of  Mines,  with  Map,  Santa  Barbara  County. . . . 

Register  of  Mines,  with  Map,  Shasta  County 

Register  of  Mines,  with  Map,  Sierra  County 

Register  of  Mines,  with  Map,  Siskiyou  County 

Register  of  Mines,  with  Map,  Trinity  County .  .^. 

Register  of  Mines,  with  Map,  Tuolumne  County 

Register  of  Mines,  with  Map,  Yuba  County 

Register  of  Oil  Wells,  with  Map,  Los  Angeles  City 

Map  of  El  Dorado  Co.  Showing  Boundaries  Nat.  Forests. 
Map  of  Madera  Co.  Showing  Boundaries  Nat.  Forests . . . 
Map  of  Placer  Co.  Showing  Boundaries  Nat.  Forests. . . . 

Map  of  Shasta  Co.  Showing  Boundaries  Nat  Forests 

Map  of  Sierra  Co.  Showing  Boundaries  NaL  Forests 

Map  of  Siskiyou  Co.  Showing  Boundaries  Nat.  Forests. . 
Map  of  Trinity  Co.  Showing  Boundaries  Nat.  Forests... . 
Map  of  Tuolumne  Co.  Showing  Boundaries  Nat.  Forests. 

Map  of  Mother  Lode 

Map  of  Desert  Region  of  California 

Map  Showing  Copper  Deposits  in  California 

Map  of  Calaveras  County 

Map  of  Placer  County   

Map  of  Plumas  County 

Mineral  and  Relief  Map  of  California 

Map  of  Forest  Reserves  in  California  (mounted)    

Map  of  Forest  Reserves  in  California  (unmounted)  . . . . 
Map  of  Minaret  District,  Madera  County 

In  Preparation — 

Bulletin — "Petroleum  in  California"    

Bulletin — "Gold  Dredging  in  California"  (revised  ed.).. . 


Price.  Postage. 

$0.25  $0.08 

.25  .08 

.25  .08 

.25  .08 

.25  .08 

.25  .08 

.25  .08 

.25  .08 

.25  .08 

.25  .08 

.25  .08 


.20 
.20 
.20 


Samples  (limited  to  three  at  one  time)  of  any  mineral  found  in  the  State  may  be  sent  to  the  Bureau  for  identification,  and  the  'same  will  be  classi- 
fled  free  of  charge.  No  samples  will  be  determined  if  received  from  points  outside  the  State.  It  must  be  understood,  that  no  assays,  or  quantitative 
dtterminations  will  be  made.  Samples  should  be  In  a  lump  form  if  possible,  and  marked  plainly  with  name  of  sender  outside  of  package,  post  ofltoa 
address,  etc.     No  samples  will  be  received  unless  charges  are  prepaid.     A  letter  should  accompany  sample  and  a  stamp  should  be  •nclosed  for  raply. 

Addreas  all  aamplM  and  eommunleatloni  t««ardlnc  sample*  to  LABORATORT,  Stat*  Ulnlng  Bureau. 


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ON  THE  DATE  DUE.  THE  PENALTY  WILL  INCREASE  TO 
50  CENTS  ON  THE  FOURTH  DAY  AND  TO  $1.00  ON  THE 
SEVENTH  DAY  OVERDUE. 


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